American reacts to Things Germans do That Just Make More Sense 

Something I noticed the first time I was in Germany that I found weird was that there were bottles and cans next to the trash bin. Not inside. And I learned that people sometimes don't bother to take them to get their pfand back. They leave them next to the bins, so homeless people can pick these up and return them for a few coins. Pretty nice!

"200!? some americans cant even step that far without a mcdonalds break" killed me 😂😂

Just to clarify: You don’t have to bring “deposit bottles” back to the exact store you bought it from, but any store that accept return, which are most. Also there’s no time limit on it, so you can just collect them for however long you want, and when you next happen to go to a store for a shop you just take them along.

The signs reads: "You are leaving Wilster" (so you can speed up from 50 to 100km/h - and in 6km the next village called Schotten will "begin". City signs always mean automatically that the max. speed allowed is confined to 50km/h

On the Pfand thing: There is actually a general, mostly unspoken, rule in German cities called "Pfand gehört daneben." (Put the Pfand next to the trash bin, not in it.). That way people who don't want to bother bringing back the Pfand don't throw it away, but leave it next to trash bins where homeless people or others who have to depend on collecting Pfand for their livelihood can collect it without having to go through the garbage

I'm amazed at how fast Ryan understood the connection between Pfand and homeless people

There's a reason why teen suicide rates are much higher in Germany than the rest of Europe. Gymnasium is so fucking hard in Germany that it causes so much burnout amongst teenagers, especially in Bavaria where the Gymnasium is uniquely hard. There are people that finish gymnasium in Germany and then go study in Harvard, yale, Oxford, etc that say going to those universities was easier than gymnasium in Germany. My ex wife is German and we were together when she was going through the gymnasium in bavaria. And because i helped her study for her exams i know exactly how hard that shit is. For her English class she had to know everything.... legitimately EVERYTHING about the civil rights movement and the foundation of the US. She had to learn the entire constitution and bill of rights back to front. Every amendment and when they were first put into law. Shit was crazy. Germany and specifically Bavaria goes next level when it comes to education.

Maybe an important correction as a german: the number on the cirlced signs with a red ring around the white gives a limit you have to obey not the recommended speed. Usually the recommended speed on autobahn is 130 but there is rarely a sign for it. it is a blue rectangle with a 130 on it. if you do not see any red-circled sign on autobahn you can drive as fast as you want, as long as it is "safe".

The Monologue around 13:00 is a good example why I like this channel so much. The way Ryan always comes damn close to the actual facts in Germany by musing is always impressive. Yes...we have homeless people (though far less than the US) and yes...they collect the deposit of found bottles. It goes even so far, that; If you don't want to return your bottle....you don't throw it IN the garbage can, but place it BESIDES; so another person can collect the bottle and get the deposit.

FYI, the danger triangle and safety vest is not just Germany but is a law in lots of countries and has been for ages. Why am I not surprised that the USA don't do that.

When Mc Donalds charged for ketchup and majo they decliend heavily for a few years (3 or 4 years). That was something like ten years ago. They rehired the former german CEO to get McDonalds back on track and the first thing he did, was to add one free ketchup or majo to each menu. It helped massively. The ketchup charge pissed people off so immensely, we nearly got healthy eaters.

5:58 The current gen Toyota Corolla only has 750 kg towing capacity with trailer brakes and 450 kg without. With the last gen Corolla you get 1,300 kg with trailer brakes, which is enough for a small camper. European cars tend to have higher towing capacities than Japanese cars though, because they're designed with towing in mind. A VW Golf has up to 2 metric tons of towing capacity, which is enough for a large European caper or a horse trailer for two horses.

I am from the Netherlands and here, we just fill our shoppingbag with the bottles at home, go to the supermarket, return the bottles, and use that bag for our groceries. Very CONVENIENT lol, no trouble at all haha

About the Pfand: It's actually not inconvenient. We don't get handed a new single use plastic bag every time we go shopping. We use reusable bags or baskets. Instead of taking empty bags to the grocery store, we just put the plastic bottles we used since the last time we went shopping in the bags. The Pfand machines are at the front of the supermarket most of the time, so I just return them when I enter. The Pfand machine then gives you a small paper with your Pfand on it, and at the checkout you get money for the paper, so it's treated like an item at the store with a negative price.

Gas stations sell lots of things, because they have an exception from general shop closing hours laws (officially they are only allowed to sell things you need while on the road, but that's a pretty vague restriction). We rarely have 24/7 stores, so the gas stations fill that gap.

13:05 Yes there are homeless people in Germany and its actually quite interesting that its not just homeless people collecting bottles. Even "normal" living people sometimes collect those bottles especially when there are bigger events around (f.e. football games, festivals, street events), because obviously drunk people don't really care about Pfand. So some of them make like 200€ or more a day by bringing collected bottles in huge amounts back into the supermarket.

About the inconvenience you mentioned about bringing back the bottles: It’s a universal system in Germany. You can bring back the bottles of one grocery store to any other grocery store. It doesn’t need to be the same chain. So since you buy groceries weekly anyway you just bring your bottles with you and get your Pfand back.

Concerning the gas: Yes, in Germany you start pumping right away and after you finished you go inside, tell them "I was at number 5" and then you pay either cash or with a debit card. (Remember that CREDIT cards are not very common in Germany. People pay cash or with debit cards, which means the money is booked away from your normal bank account instead of a credit company. Whe hate to get into depts!) Now you probably wonder why gas is not stolen .... well - there are security cams everywhere at the gas station, so the plate of your car can be read and you will be found quickly by the police when you drive away without paying the bill. The employees at the cashier will notice a theft immediately. Moreover most of the gas stations have a shopping area inside so they want you to get inside and maybe grab a snack or some drinks or a gift for your kids or spouse when paying the gas bill. :)

At minute 21 the german gas pump is for diesel only , one tap is for trucks (thicker, faster) and the other tap is for cars. Gasolin might be on the other side of that pump station servicing E10 and E5 gasolin (10% / 5% alcohol addon). Some companies have up do 2 additional gas types with different addons. So approching a gas pump you have to check which type is served at which pump by signs above the pump. Most pumps don't have card readers, you just stop at the pump, take the tap and fill your car, then go to the employee to pay. Some station will give you credits so you will pay less than it is on the pump display. If you drive off without paying, the next police car might stop you and fine you for stealing, otherwise you will get a letter from law inforcement because every car license is unique and police can find out within seconds who is the owner and living address. Every gas station I know has cigarettes and newspapers, most have beverages, snacks, magazines, sweets and even alcohols. Some stations have a complete small store included.

Here in Germany you just pull up to a pump, pump your gas and go inside the shop to pay for the amount you took. If you notice that you forgot your wallet, you usually give the clerk something of identification (ID card, driver's license) or of value (your phone), drive home to get your wallet, drive back to the station and pay to get your stuff back. I remember when I was a little kid, my mom once forgot her wallet and left me with the clerk who stuffed me with popsicles until she returned. :D

Your Corolla definitely could tow those things. In Germany, Corollas can. It's more the perception that they could not. But if you just look at the specs of the car, you see that there is not much difference to a truck. According to the German spec sheet, the 1.2litre 85 kW Corolla is allowed to tow up to 3000 pounds braked and 1000 pounds unbraked trailers.

taking bottles back to the store isn’t inconvenient at all, you can just bing them along when you go grocery shopping and then use the money you get back from them for your groceries

Its a common thing in germany to put your empty bottles next to the trash because homless people will come and pick them up to get money

Schoolsystem is very permeable. You can add Gymnasium on top of Realschulabschluss (secondary school diploma) in multiple ways. That is pretty cool when it clicks later for you intellectually than for your classmates.

Fun fact regarding the triangle: A few years ago there has been a case where a driver had an accident but he was not carrying the mandatory warning triangle. So he looked in his trunk and found a few red peppers. He placed the red peppers on the road to warn other drivers. The police thought this was such a creative way that he didn't have to pay the (i think like 20€) fine for not carrying the triangle

I'm starting to get the feeling that Ryan is slowly transforming more and more into a German. So much concentrated understanding of German behavior and German rules and more and more aversion to the customs of his fellow countrymen. He makes me a little prouder with every video.

The recommended speed is not mandatory in Germany and is a square blue sign with white lettering. If there is a black number in a red circle, this is the maximum permitted speed.

Hello Ryan, German here 👋 maybe there's a bit of a misunderstanding about the german school system, so let me explain a bit more. General education in elementary school is 4 years (learning to read, write, basic maths, english, etc), starting for kids (generally) at age 6 (5-7) and ending at age 10 (9-11). Then they get split up into Hauptschule (takes 5 years), Realschule (takes 6 years) and Gymnasium (takes 8 years), although there are also different models that are in-between those. All of them continue general education, though at a different pace and to a different degree. Usually teachers and parents get together when the kid is about to leave elementary school to give them their opinion/advice on which path would be best suited for the child, since no matter which path a kid takes, it can always pursue a higher degree later on. I myself went to Realschule, because I had trouble with learning in elementary school, so the teacher told my parents it would be better to take it a bit slower. So I went there, had a good time, got my degree and decided to pursue further education. I applied to another school that would bridge the gap between Realschule and Gymnasium and after another 3 years of education I had my Gymnasium-degree. So I effectively lost a year compared to directly going into Gymnasium, but I had a good time since the slower pace suited me nicely. What I often see is that parents disregard the teachers advice and put their kids in Gymnasium anyways, often leading to their kid having trouble in school, needing extra care which often means relying on paid 3rd parties to which the child has to go after school to help with school work or repeat lessons they didn't understand while in class, often ending with mediocre to bad grades in their finals. As you may have already expected, finishing either of these school paths enables you to do different things. Gernerally speaking Hauptschule only allows you to apply for work in craft trade while Realschule allows you to apply for almost all kinds of jobs. Only a Gymnasium degree allows you to apply for higher education in Universities and alike. That said, when I went for my Gymnasium-degree after Realschule, there was a girl in my class that came all the way from Hauptschule. She finished her Hauptschul-degree, did her Realschul-degree after that, then wanted to go study business administration in University, thus needed to also get the Gymnasium-degree to do so. It's certainly very possible to work your way up in this system, all it needs is extra time. What may look weird from the outside is that the slowest pace takes the least time, but the different schools have different curricula, meaning the shorter they are the more gets cut out, resulting in actually more time for repetition, but also in limited oportunities with that degree. This is probably a bit too simplified for some Germans, but I hope it helps people outside of Germany to get a better idea of how our system works. (And of course, as you said, there are prejudices towards all levels of education)

Regarding the problem of inconvenience: Every household in Germany basically has a large shopping bag or basket they use for storage of used plastic bottles and soda cans that are returnable. Some even go so far as to store them in the trunk of their car (I know I do), so that whenever they visit the store next time, they will have A: all their "Pfand" with them and B: already have a large shopping bag ready for groceries, so they don't have to buy a new one from the store or even use a paper bag and thus create additional waste.

I think the towing thing is related to how trailers are build in USA vs. Germany. In Germany (if they aren't really really small) they need by law a "Auflaufbremse" (overrun brake), a brake on the trailer that the trailer can brake itselfs when the towing bar is compressed because the car reduces speed. So smaller cars are allowed to tow trailers. In the USA no overrun brake is recommended in trailers, so by law the towing car must be bigger because it must create the breaking force to stop the trailer.

In Germany, you pump gasoline into your car and after that go into the station, say the number of your pump, and pay the price. It's been a while since I was at a gas station, but to my knowledge, there is no card reader on the pump in Germany.

Our Corolla many years ago was the most reliable car we have ever owned. Obviously not made for towing, but best vehicle for typical use. That little 4 cylinder engine with 240,000 miles was still running great when we gave it to a friend.

The Pfand-System really isn´t as inconvenient as it may first seem. You don´t run back to the store for every single bottle that you use, instead you just put them in a big bag and bring them with you to the store when you´re going grocery shopping the next time. The grocery stores that sell Pfand-bottles are required to have those Pfand-devices right at the store, so you don´t have to go to a separate location just to reclaim your Pfand. There really is no reason not to implement such a system except "MUH freedom". And it´s not like you´re forced to bring the bottles back, you just have to pay an extra if you, for whatever reason, decide not to.

Regarding homeless people and plastic bottles: Yes, this is a thing..... It's called "Flaschensammeln" (collecting bottles) - and it reached quite a status of a sign of failed social politics that also some retired people need to collect bottles to pay rent. On the other hand if you walk around a city, have some drink with you, you give some homeless guy your bottle and they will be thankful (typical plastic bottle is 25 cent) - also If you don't want to carry around your empty bottles, you don't throw them in the trash, but put them on top or on the ground in front of the trashcan, so homless people can take it without the humiliation of digging through the trash

About gas pumping: yes, you just start pumping without credit card (in Germany many people still don't use credit oder debit cards, just paying cash). After you finished, you go into the shop and pay there (credit/debit card or cash). Of course, some people "forget" about the second step and just drive away without paying. For that reason, the stations usually have video cameras, recording every car that leaves the station, so they have your license plate. And then some friendly police officers visit you and give you a reminder - and some little extra. An exception are services at night, when the station is closed - some or most offer a credit card slot or even take cash and then it is the same like in US

Talking about the bottles: Most people bring them back because when you go to the supermarket you just have the bottles with you and get your deposit back (most sipermarkets have a machine for that), but there are people who ask you for a bottle if you have one and colldct some in the streets.

9:08 for the speed limits: what she is saying is that certain roads have certain speed limits nation wide. Inside city limits is 50. outside city limits it’s 100, and the autobahn has a recommended speed of 130. These speeds don’t require a sign, because it is valid all over Germany. If a speed limit deviates from these speed limits (like at a crossing or in a residential area that requires lower speed limits) it needs a sign to say so, otherwise the default is valid.

What I didn't see any other comment mention about our Pfand-System: You don't have to bring the bottles to the store you bought them from. Every store you can buy the Pfand-Bottles have to take back any Pfand-Bottles bought from anywhere as long as they sell the type of bottle. The Pfand-deposit you made in one store goes into the Pfand-System and when you bring that bottle to another shop that shop gets the Pfand it gave you for bringing a Pfand-Bottle out from the Pfand-System so it's a Net-Zero for the shops involved.

21:00 She photographed a diesel-pump there. Usually the pumps have 1-2 diesel-options and then 2-3 fuel-options, the one in the photo just has diesel and then Adblue (something added to the exhaust treatment in modern diesels) on the left.

Regarding the gas station: What confused me a lot when I was in USA was that in oregon you are not even allowed to fuel the car yourself

Is Ryan finally retaining some German now? 😅 Well done on the pronunciation of "Pfand" and "Gymnasium"! I was actually impressed

About school: I see that in all videos that people talk about the three types of schools, but as some people already mentioned you can change the schools and also if you stay in Hauptschule, you can make an additional year and have the same qualifications as someone who did Realschule. Also, after that you can make your 3 years to get at the same level as someone who did Gymnasium from the beginning. Myself also finished Realschule and continued with my 3 years, so I could study, and I also have now my Bachelor of Science. So your career path is totally flexible and you can do what every you want. And so you not need any more time for it Hauptschule ends after 9 years, Realschule after 10 and Gymnasium traditionally after 13 year. So if you are in Hauptschule and make 4 more years than you can also study and have the same qualification as someone who did Gymnasium from the start.

Austrian here, who uses tote bags for grocery shopping (because I never owned a car, so there's no trunk to put it in) - if it rains heavily, it's time for a plastic bag. But no need for the one time use plastic bags, we can buy proper plastic bags and use them for decades.

Fueling up in Austria. 1. Drive to pump 2. Pump gas 3. Walk into gas station 4. Pay 5. Leave 6. Drive off Thats how trust works

The school system is really functional. There's very good upwards mobility between the categories. I was a Realschule kid, almost got bumped down to Hauptschule because I was really bad at school (family problems at home, etc, so I sucked. Even had to redo a year cuz I was too bad to move up a year). Later, I got better. I did vocational school, and afterwards decided I wanted to go to universtiy. So I did "Berufsoberschule" which gives you the same graduation as someone from the Gymnasium would've had, and it allows you to go to Uni. You're not stuck in your respective category, but can move up freely later on in life with little to no obstacles. For free too, of course! Now I'm doing my bachelors at a University like anyone else would after attending Gymnasium. I'm just a bit older

The triangle and the vest are mandatory in most of Europe. In Cyprus you even need to bring two triangles. In Germany you additionally need a warning light if your vehicle or a combibation of a vehicle and a trailer weighs more than 3,5 tons.

The sad part is, not only homeless people but also retired people go search for Pfand bottles to get some money cuz the state is so fucked up, politicans with no school degree, never had a job neither got elected make 14k per month and get at 30 a safe pension from the state and people who worked their asses off in their life time have to go out with 70yo or older and collect Pfand bottles to survive.

Maximum weight of a towed camper without breaking mechanism must be under 750kg ,and a vehicle must be double that weight. Drivers with B category license cannot drive vehicle which combined mass (car+camper) exceeds 3500kg. Speed limit is also omitted 80 - 100km/h depending on a Eurpean country.

Regarding gas stations in Germany: For as long as I can remember, German gas stations very often do not only sell gas but also work as little stores where you can buy sweets, drinks (also alcoholic!) and other stuff. So it was pretty normal to go inside to pay for fuel, you might need some other stuff as well. The tenants of the gas stations make there money not with gas but with the other stuff. Recently more gas stations popped up where there is no cashier, just a machine. You just swipe or insert your card, machine tells you "you're good for 120 € of gas", it opens a transaction with your card issuer. Then you fill your car. When done, the machine will just book the amount you used and you are ready to go. This system is also used at stations that do no have a cashier 24/7. Gas stations are monitored by CCTV so if you try to fill up your car and run away without paying afterwards, police will take care of you.

The pfand thing is actually made quite convenient. You go and do your grocery shopping -> go home and drink the contents and collect them -> take the bag with these phand things -> put the pfand stuff into the machine by the grocery store (you get a receipt that works like money) -> go to do your groceries and use the receipt -> and (re)cycle continues

The high visibility clothing in the beginning of the video was required in many countries before Germany, after all their neighbors introduced it, they also did with a 10 years delay.

Warning triangle and vest: I am from Austria and we also have to have this in our cars. If there is a traffic control you have to show both of it to them. But it has nothing to do with the German non existing speed limit, cause Austria has one (and all other states in Europe have. Here it is 130km/h on highways, which is around 81mph). Speed limits are not just recommended. You have to be under that speed. It’s just if 130km/h is crossed out, you can drive as fast as you want, but just in Germany. In Austria there is no sign if it’s the regular 130km/h. In villages there is no sped limit written anywhere, cause all people know it’s 50. just some places are 30, then there is a sign. On this sign could be written anything, f.ex. 65, but you won’t see that. The most countries have typical speed limits for their country. In Austria 30, 50, 70, 80, 100 are quite common, everything else is super rare. Though 85 is possible, you will not find such a sign. And you don’t need to have a cell phone for the speed limits… newer cars will show you the speed limit at their dashboard, IF the map is done well. But it’s already quite common, even in Italy that works quite great. Pfand is even common in clubs. And yes you can bring back bottles you have found. In my youth I have done that quite often in clubs and was able to stay hours longer and drink even more. When I was 16, not 18 ;-)

What is uncomfortable about the system? When your bottles are empty you just go shopping again. Then you're in the store anyway. So you take the empty bottles with you and get your deposit back. It's that simple.

7:26 The sign means you are leaving Wilster and Schotten is in 6 km. Unless otherwise regulated, the maximum speed is: - in urban areas: 50 km/h - outside urban areas: 100 km/h - autobahn and autobahn-like federal roads: 130 km/h recommended speed The sign also shows the boundary between "outside urban areas" and "in urban areas"

In Germany first oil brands started to remove some gas pumps at gas stations to replace them by chargers for electric cars.

Most people in germany bring the bottles when they go groceryshopping cuz in almost every supermarket is a "Pfandautomat" where you can cash in the Pfand on the bottles and then for example use it as a discount on the groceries at checkout/ cash register(?) or you can just cash it in directly

Having a hitch at your family car is quite common in Germany, not only to tow big campers but just for small open car trailers of maybe 2m of length. Usage is like a mini pickup truck. Fixing a bicycle carrier on the hitch is also quite common, considered the most durable way to transport your bike besides inside the trunk.

When I was a kid, there was a bench behind our backyard that was a drunkard-meetup-spot, and the usually chucked their empty beer bottles over the fence, into our yard. My brother and me could collect the bottles and bring them back to the nearby store to get the Pfand (8 cent per bottle). Many homeless, pensioners and other poorer people search in well-frequented places for Pfand-bottles, some even carry gloves and a flashlight to search the trashbins, so it became a rule in the last few years to put Pfand-bottles not INSIDE the trashbins, but on the floor next to them, to give someone else a chance to cash in the few cents if you're not going to return them yourself anyway.

In Germany, and UK, you fill your car first with petrol, then you go into the shop, and tell them which pump you used. Then you can pay by card or cash.

Min 21:10 That "german gas pump" shows a "special" for trucks. The nozzles have a larger diameter. There are two fuel nozzles at this pump. 1 for Normed-EU-Standard-Diesel, 1 for diesel with other additives. There is also the AdBlue pump on the left side. This addition is for modern environmentally friendly trucks. Trucks that run on AdBlue emit fewer harmful exhaust gases.

As a German, I gotta say... Plastic bags are just objectively better at doing the job of a bag. Taking out my shopping in paper bags, I often had them rip. So I do the proper German thing and have a foldable storage crate in my shopping cart, which I place all the items into. I bring that crate filled with empty "Pfand bottles" from home to return at the store and bring it home full of groceries from the store. No crate shall ever be transported empty -> that'd be inefficient. And it's quick at the cash out (no bagging) and just one thing to lift into the trunk for your entire shopping and you're off. Of course only after returning your shopping cart and getting your deposited coin back... That's what I call a German shopping experience 😀

Yes we do have homeless here in Germany. It's not uncommon to see less fortunate people (even elderly) on the street going through the city recycling bin to find some bottles to return. Usually in the larger cities you place your bottles next to the bins (if you don't care about the deposit) so people don't have to dig in the trash.

The school system is basically "Do you want to keep going to school, do you want to go into a trade in the future, do you want to study something and want a degree, do you want to go into a more universal school"

The reflective triangles and vests have to be carried in ALL of the EU and the UK. Towing capabilities for all cars are in the manufacturers specifications for each vehicle! In Denmark and Germany all plastic bottles and aluminium/steel cans that have a deposit can be returned to the shop/supermarket where you bought it, and usually they have an automatic machine that calculates the deposit and issues a ticket that can be spent in that shop/supermarket. All plastic/glass/metal bottles/jars/cans not having a Deposit on them have to be kept separate from other waste. To wrap something 5 times is being wrapped quintuple times. After the age of 3 I was taught to drink from a cup/glass without a straw, and have never used one since!

Ryan - I am almost with you on that straw thing. The paper straws are worse health-wise, most of them leak chemicals, especially if used for milkshakes or hot drinks, but not being able to live without plastic straws is - maybe a bit harsh? Try metal or glass - they do great, are reusable, and can come in pretty colors =D

Something else to note about the Pfand system is that some of the plastic bottles we use are made of a thicker material so they can actually be used multiple times. They will just be cleaned and refilled. Same with glass bottles. The single-use plastic ones will be recycled. And no, not inconvenient at all, it's just a matter of getting used to it I guess 😊

Your Toyota Corolla has a towing weight, depending on the version, of between 750 and 1000 kilograms. In Germany, the maximum speed you can drive with a trailer on the motorway is 100 kilometers per hour. In the Netherlands, the maximum speed on the motorway is 90 kilometres per hour.

In Germany the Corola is allowed to tow up to 1.300 kg (arround 2860 lbs I think). It depends on the engine and transmission.

Regarding your question about homeless people collecting plastic bottles: Yes, that's what happens. Also often old people who aren't homeless but just have a tiny pension. It's pretty common when you sit on the river bank or in a park having a few beers with your friends (yes, that also is pretty normal and you don't have to hide your bottle^^) that people come by asking for empty bottles - in that case it's glass bottles, of course. Only Barbarians drink beer out of a plastic bottle :D -. Before heading back home we also like to put them clearly visible on a wall or on top of a trash can so that people in need can find and return them. It's called "Pfand gehört daneben" ("Pfand belongs next to it"). It helps the people and it helps the environment and keeping the streets clean.

Concerning the education system: you can always change to a different school type depending on your grades. I had quite a few students from a Realschule in my Gymnasium class as their grades were good enough. EDIT: the german gas pump was obviously more tailored towards trucks. It had AdBlue (for the catalyst system to remove gases like NOx from the exhaust gases), Ökodiesel (which is biological diesel made from plants) and normal Diesel. Larger gas stations usually have one of those for the semi trucks and are closer to the road to ease the access to it - a 40-ton truck maneuvering around for half an hour just to get to the pump ain't helping anybody, after all. ^^

At the picture with the fuel station, you could not find the gasoline, because the picture shows a special Fuel station for big trucks that had only Diesel. One has a bigger handle to make sure you can not put it into a normal car, that one is special for trucks and has a different taxation. Also, all handles have a special shape, so that you can not really but the wrong in your car.

In germany the Corolla is allowed to tow up to 1,300kg if the trailer has brakes . If doesn’t have brakes it’s limited to 450 kg

13:06 In our town of about 40 000 people there was one homeless guy who always walked around with a teddy bear and was very friendly to all people,everyone knew him.He never asked for money but people often gave it to him.Him passing away was a huge deal for everybody in town

One thing I find funny is how she mentions teachers among the models and construction workers. You can become a CEO in Germany with a Bachelor's degree, but to become a teacher, you need a 3-tier education (Bachelor + Master + Referendariat (works somewhat like residency in medicine)) which is the longest and most time- and money-consuming type of education (law, medicine, psychotherapy, teaching).

The German Gaspump shown is a Diesel only Pump and mainly for Trucks, featuring a bigger hose with a higher flowrate for faster refueling. This bigger Hose wont fit for a normal Car to avoid overfill and spilling but you got a second, normal sized hose so Cars with a Dieselengine can use the pump aswell.

15:23 You forget that in Europe, most grocery stores are a 5 min walk away from home, rather than a 30 min drive, so it's not as much of an inconvenience as you think. Also, grocery stores do grocery delivery nowadays and have the option for you to give back the bottles at the door when that delivery arrives. In that case all you'd need is a place to store your bottles until the next grocery delivery (which usually comes in plastic crates for the food that you'd be able to reuse for that bottle storage. Those crates also have "pfand"

Hey, a german speaking here, Speed limit in cities is 50 km/h, unless a sign sais otherwise. The pfand system allows you to bring a bottle to every store that sells bottles, so basically anywhere. If you find one, you can bring it to any store and get your 25 cents back. Glass bottles are 8 or 15 cent. The split up happens after elementary school. The teacher advises one of the 3 forms of school: slower learning kids will go to Hauptschule, average learning kids will go to Realschule and fast learning kids go to Gymnasium. This is so that each type of learning ability will get the best teaching. But if you develop and become a better or worse learner than you will move up or down to a different school. The really fast ones are able to skip years.

In Finland we have a similar system for plastic (and glass) bottles as well as for aluminium drink cans. When I lived in a dorm as a student, we collected our bottles together and used that money to buy stuff everyone used, like coffee, paper towels or dish soap.

21:07 It is noft a good example: Other Stations have more then 6 Pumps in a row

Regarding speedlimits we have some standards: 30 km/h in some living areas 50 km/h in towns 100 km/h out of towns Recommended 130 km/h on highways While everything can be modified by a sign that simply loses its effect at the next crossroads. And most people do not speed on Highways that much. To the annoying of many swiss that like to drive on our roads, as fast as it goes... 😉

That was a real surprise for me. I would never have guessed you thought a Corolla could not tow at least a ton.Jetski no problem. Now I remember never seeing 'normal' cars towing in the US. Outside big cities, most everyone tows small trailers for firewood, garden trash or cement here. Pickups, though, are almost non-existant here in Austria with the exception of tradesmen.

And the good thing is you don't have to bring the bottles to the exact store you bought them at. Basically every store will accept them. So the next time you go shopping and pack your bags, you just fill them with empty bottles on the way to the store and with groceries on the way back home.

If you have a new Corolla, it could pull at least 450 kg and up to 1300 kg depending on the kind of caravan.

There are different methods to pay for gas. 1. Fill your tank and pay at the counter; 2. Unattended station, insert card. Some pumps have buttons 10€/20€. Some pumps (like in the video) are only for diesel, these have 2 different spout sizes, car and truck (like in the video)

2:05: There are no precise regulations about the distance at which the triangle should be set up. However, there are guidelines that are recommended to be adhered to: Inner town: 50 meters Country road: 100 meters Autobahn: 150 to 400 meters If there is a curve or hilltop at this distance, the triangle should always be in front of it.

Recently in Spain the triangles are being replaced with a rotatory light that you magnetically stick on the top of your car so you don't have to exit your car aid don't risk getting hit by other vehicles. In the future is intended to have these lights communicate with emergency operators automatically

We do pay, but inside the gasstation store most of the time, you drive to the pumps, pump whatever your car needs, and how full you want, you also can see in the same time how much it's pumped in, and how much it costs, once you are finished pumping, you go into the gasstations shop, and pay there, after paying you leave. We do also have those with the cardreades on the machines but i really rarely see them.

At 16:02 about plastic bottle recycling. All sold bottles got a bar code so it doesn't matter where to return the empty bottle. I.e. you could buy a bottle at Cologne at 'walmart' and return in in Frankfurt at a different supermarket like 'penny' or others. So there's no inconvenience to return empty PET bottles only where you bought them. Reason behind: Especially these PET bottles are directly recycable without chemical conditioning and main target is to get almost all back to recycling.

One very visible effect of the Pfand (deposit) on drink containers back in the 1990ies, when it was introduced was the amount of litter along the roads. It basically vanished. Until then, people were throwing bottles and other stuff out of their car windows while driving. But now, as it is actually a financial loss to do so, bottles aren't thrown out that easily, and as you have to keep the bottles anyway, also the other litter does not get thrown out that often.

In Denmark, we have had pant on our sodas and beers since 1942. And it has expanded to pretty much every type of drinking container now. It's kinda nice because every time you go grocery shopping and have a bag of pant bottles with you, it's like getting a coupon for the stuff you're buying. And if you don't want to bring it with you grocery shopping, there are pant stations where you just dump all the sacks of bottles you have collected nice and easy in a machine, and it sends you the money online. I once delivered bottles worth 200$ at the end of one month, of course collected over a long period of time. Every country should have this kind of system or something similar

The camper you tow, it is called "Caravan" in the UK. It could even be a national symbol of the Netherlands. It''s extremely popular for the dutch to take vacation/holiday with a caravan. You can see Dutch caravans all over Europe.

At 8:26 you looked at "me" and I was laughing and saying yes at the same time as a German 😂

@Ryan 24:15 - yes, and it works like that across Europe. I used to be working on the gas station and I was a witness of probably 4 steals within 3 years. I had also the option _(using a lot at night/early morning __0:00__-5:00am)_ to lock all pumping stands through PC inside and keep them locked for suspicious people/cars without plate _(so there was always option to make gas station in "American style", but you dont do that)_ .

"I don't think I could tow that thing with my Toyota Corolla" cracked me up, because I have relatives who not only tow that thing with a Toyota Corolla, they tow that thing with a 2003 Toyota Corolla. I've seen determined 14 year old children move these things for a prank. Get a hitch, go make the truck drivers question their financial decisions.

In Germany we just go up to the Pumpe (pump) and begin to pumpen (pump) the Pumpmittel (gas) from the Pumpe into the Pumpmittelspeicher (tank). As tradition demands, we pump the Pumpmittel with a little Nippel (nub) that we pull through a Lasche (loop) and then continue to dreh (crank) it to the very top. Next there will appear a Pfeil (arrow) and then you have to press that and then the Pumpmittel (gas) will be emitted at the bottom. We do so until the Pumpmittelspeicher (tank) is filled to vague social standards. Then we go up to the Pumptresen (counter), report our Pumpschuld (pumped amount) in a curt and ever so precise manner and pay in rupies or Pfand. It's really simpel! Most tourists get it on their first try.

Ryan, your Corolla can most likely tow somewhere around 1300kg/2860 pounds of load on a trailer with brakes and around 750kg/1650 pounds on a trailer without brakes.....so, you can get your jet-ski 😁😉 and having pictures on traffic signs mean that you don't have to know the language to understand what they are demanding you have to do or what they are warning you of.... so a Spanish speaking driver in Poland or Sweden have no problem with traffic rules and regulations and vice-versa....

If you drove off without paying, the gas station would get your information from your license plate through the police and send you a bill.

21:17 In Germany there are usually 2 gasoline pumps. One is with an octane number of 98 and the other is with an octane number of 95. Sometimes you also have a third one with an octane number of 90.

We collect the Pfand-Bottles we used at home in our Shopping bag. We buy groceries every week so every week we take the (about 5) empty bottles to the supermarket and then fill the bag with our groceries and new bottles. It's not inconvenient. It's so easy.

In this case the pump is Diesel only, where one nozzle is for cars and one for trucks which has a much higher flow rate. But the combined Diesel-Gas pumps look the same. And yes, you just park your car, open the petrol cap cover and start filling it up. When you are done, you go inside and pay. Or like you said, you can also use your card to pay directly at the pump. =)