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Berlin also has more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined. After Hamburg its Nr. 2 or Nr. 3 of cities with most bridges in the world.

@alloutofbubblegum7271 What does that have to do with the fact that Hamburg has more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined? By the way, Hamburg is also a piece of art, founded on oak logs.

@alloutofbubblegum7271 As I said in the original post, it is a nice fun fact to be asked in a trivia quiz. Why do you question the sense of unnecessary knowledge?

@alloutofbubblegum7271 Why are you so eager to emphasize that Venice is so great? I think that everybody who knows the 1100-year history of the Lion Republic, starting with the founding in the middle of a swamp, appreciates that. Venice was the leading thalassocracy before England, with a monopoly on the Far East trade on the Silk Road, and thus had a great importance in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. However, Hamburg was a leading member of the Hanseatic League and is still a major port in Europe, while Venice lost its importance long before it was conquered by Napoleon.

Silly though. Venice and Amsterdam are much smaller than Hamburg and of course Venice is prettier by far. No-one dreams of going to Hamburg for honey moon to see its bridges, lol.

"Pronounced like reaper ís correct". No, not really. It's pronounced like, sorry, raper.

@@wWvwvV I know, but I thought it to be applicable.

Sure Rotterdam was bombed hard but Hamburg is a much bigger city and was burned to the ground. I had an experience of visiting an aviation museum on a weekday in Calgary because work was slow and found myself alone in a tent with an Avro Lancaster. Tires come up to my chest and I'm 188 cm. Cockpit on the "3rd floor". Designed and built to kill Germans and for no other reason. Don't mess with England. lol.

it's a shame what happened to Rotterdam and how much the city lost compared to other Dutch cities

@@itzpro5951 Yes, but also to a lot of other cities in other countries, during WWII, but also in other times including the current day.

Germans are not very friendly people

I mean if your are young and like to go clubbing, then Hamburg is probably a nice place. But if so, Berlin has way more, it also has more character. Hamburg is a bad place for IT, because the salaries are less than in the south (maybe not for financial sector but it is rather boring one) and most importantly there is way less competition up north. Also in the south a lot of nice places are near you, like Austria, Switzerland and France. In the north it is just cold, rainy, no mountains or good forests, nowhere to ski, way less in the way of recreation and the people are more reserved than in the south.

@@konstmonst My clubbing days are done 😅 I've entered the crafting, DIY, good food, fitness, reading and nature walks time of my life. I get what you're saying though, I think Berlin has a lot to offer and if you want less cold and rain then you should definitely venture south. But I don't like things too humid, love the smell of rain in the air, and grew up in cold, rainy England. So the weather doesn't play so much of a role in my decisions 😂

I'd also say, mid to northern Sweden for natural beauty is very underrated.

@@konstmonst a bad place for IT? With 1,900 companies, software companies are the second most represented in Hamburg's IT economy after Multimedia industry with 2227 companies. and Berlin is a poor City every time close to be bankrupt, Hamburg is rich

RIP Rent

Hey I’m curious, is it generally expensive to live there for the average person?

​@@brandonalfaro42Rent is the most expensive in germany together with Munich and Berlin. Food is the same as in other big german cities. So yes its expensive but nowadays every big city is expensive.

Is it true German girls only I like 2 meter tall German guys with blond hair and blue eyes?

@@Milan-cf1xe got ya. I’m from the US so I’ve been trying to evaluate moving to Germany but obviously want to know the cost difference due to wages and cost of living

being a teen, I totally agree Teens are scary, especially those who hang out in groups😬

​@@lovetatalina-1649 You all are joking right?

@@Wilhelm-mg1jf what? Sorry i didn't understand😅 im brasilian and my english is kinda bad Who is joking? Edit: Oh i got It! No i was not joking

@@Wilhelm-mg1jfne junge. Die vallah billah türken und die einen auf dicke hose machen. Bei den weiss man nie.

​@@Wilhelm-mg1jfno they are not, teenage kids are scary

She says if this Deutschlandticket were to someday disappear, the city has its own transport ticket.

*if the Deutsche Bahn has no delays 😅

Die vallah billah teens💀?

Who are these Teenagers? 🤔

@@RustyBear LMAO haha😊

there shouldn't be any homeless in the first world. Those junkies and drug addicts don't deserve anything. No one is forcing them to take drugs and drink. The medical care is free in Europe so if you really want to get rid of your shitty additions just go to the doctor!

Hamburger schnitzel ist goated

@@RustyBear I’m pretty sure that’s it’s normally pork, not goat.

Labskaus, and related variants, is the origin of the word scouse in Liverpool. A Liverpudlian is a scouser. The local dialect is scouse. There is scouse culture. The sailors moved from port to port and often ate scouse on board ship. They incorporated the dish into scouse culture, as it was nutritious, relatively healthy and cheap.

Yeah, the best parts of the city are definitely outside of the center. Eimsbüttel, Sternschanze and Altona are also really cool and much nicer than Jungfernstieg.

The inspiration for the hamburger came from Hamburg, but the actual sandwich concept was invented much later. During the 19th century, Hamburg became famous for their beef, chopped, seasoned and molded into patties. It was the “Hamburg steak”. When groups of German immigrants began arriving in America during the 19th century, many earned their livelihood by opening restaurants and selling food like the Hamburg steak. The difference between Hamburg steaks and hamburgers is simply the bun. And that was invented in America. Could it be that those who thought of it were Germans or German- Americans? Yes but the details of that are unknown.

So Germany is hamburger land ?!?!!! I’ve been lied to

@@Szcza04 no, its not. But we put a kind of burger bun in a roll with mustard and call it "Frikadellenbrötchen" and that´s the basic idea of a burger. America added much more to make it a real burger, but the name comes from that

hamburgers are from germany

the working class capital was rather a region like the 'Ruhr city' ...

Funny people?

Hey! How was the admission process? What kind of history/documentation was required, and what was the average cost? Does it include housing?

@@heldim92 Our son found the admission process straightforward. It's similar to the Canadian system where you provide your transcript and a letter of intent. There is no tuition as the cost of univeristy is covered by the German government. Admission is relatiely competative. The acceptance rate at his university is 18% (Univerity of Hamburg). You cover your own housing. It's not like the U.S. and Canadian system where there are ample dorms for freshman and many grad students. Like any desirable city, housing is relatively expensive. He pays about $850 USD for a room in a flat he shares with 2 other grad students. If you're accepted to a German univeristy, it's sort of like the govt is giving you an invitation to become a permanent resident. Taxpayers are essentially investing in you, and although there's no requirement to stay, it woudl be seen as a favroable outcome from their perspective. Our son loves Europe and will be taking an intensive languge course next semester. This is a course he pays for, but if he does well on the certification exam at the end, he gets half the tuition back. I think it's about $4K USD for the course. During that time he's taking the language course he will need to drop down to taking one course in grad school. I can say that he loves living in Hamburg, and finds it easy to meet people which is not everyone's experience. Hope this helps.

I think that's a fair point. 6 hours in a long time though and train tickets are not cheap. But flying is more stressful and you have to be at the airport way in advance, so it could take a similar amount of time overall. I was just curious if there is a connection and how long would it be. I generally prefer trains over planes. I also agree that visiting a city is different than living there. I think this is a beautiful city and i talked to people that live or lived there and love it. But it really depends on the person. It still is a gloomy and rainy city and i got really luck with the weather, and it probably has many more disadvanteges. I just wanted to share my appreciation for Hamburg, so thank you for watching my video :))

@@helloerika the train is "theoretically" taking 6 hours because there is a change at Osnabrück. DB trains have frequent delays and even cancellations which may cause for someone to miss the second leg of the travel. I know it because I experienced it first hand :D There is direct flight from Hamburg airport to Amsterdam which is run by KLM Airlines. It's not as cheap as budget airlines of course. But it's there at least :) And it runs a few times every day. I think this flight has started it's operation at least several months ago. However, I agree with you that some flight connections are missing for Hamburg airport.

locals do not boast themselves living in a wonderful city, like they do in münchen or Berlin , its a nordic character to not display toward others to see how proud and content they are with life, they do not show also how rich they actually are. being modest and stay grounded is a way of life. so if you compliment , they would act as if it is just a regular thing. the locals even make it a dry humor thing to say that Hamburg is "ugly". the whole city was bombarded in the world war 2, they had to rebuild everything, i mean everything, there was no building standing, no bridges, no roads and what they did in germany in general, is amazing keeping old traditional architecture alive. also, germans as well as the locals think Hamburg saved its "village" vibe despide having near 2 million citizens. so hamburg is for hamburger a village, again, modesty is important for them.

@@beckysam3913 That people from munich boast about the city might be true but Berlin? It's either hate or love with that city but I'd say most people will call it ugly and dirty :D

@@beckysam3913 What are you talking about, Hamburgers probably show more love for their city than any other city in Germany lol Schönste Stadt der Welt! etc.

I agree. I think I’ve just got used to flying between cities without even considering the train. I live in Hamburg and would obviously take the train to Berlin or Hanover but I really will consider longer journeys in the future. Even flying between AMS and HAM is easily 4 hours from city centre to city centre. The train is just over 5 hours and less hassle and better for the environment.

As a local, my advise is: do it. Yes, of course it is relatively flat. Like every other city in northern German as well. However, in this Video of course it was just shown smaller parts of the city. You should, for example google for "Hamburg Treppenviertel". Can be easy reached from downtown and be combined with wonderful ferry boat trip from the port (included in normal public transportation ticket). As an alternate, if you want to use your bike, try out the south-east (Bergedorf//Sachsenwald) or the south of the city (Schwarze Berge). Sure, it is way not alpine, but for a day or two beeing more active in a rented bike, check it out;)

does fritz cola contain bergamott or all cokes contain that? wdm?

NORMAL coke contains it. That's why lovers of coke often also like Earl Grey.

hmm interesting, bergamott in cokes is quite subtle then, bcs I can't drink too much tea with bergamott flavor but in cokes it didn't ever disturb me. @@hglundahl

There are 5 direct flights between Hamburg and Amsterdam every day; I have to admit that I don't know what you guys are talking about. No offense, but please just look it up at klm or google it.

Just google it - there are several direct flights each day.

It is wild! I visited Amsterdam a week ago and I spent fucking 7 hours by trains

That seems very strange. KLM usually have lots of direct flight from Amsterdam to Hamburg.

There are hundreds of flight seats every day between HAM and AMS on KLM and Eurowings. No idea where hello erika 'tried looking' for them. I wonder what nationality she is - I can't decide from her accent but I didn't listen for very long. Perhaps she revealed her nationality sometime during the narrative.

Silly though. Venice and Amsterdam are much smaller than Hamburg and of course Venice is prettier by far. No-one dreams of going to Hamburg for honey moon to see its bridges, lol.

NYC = 789,4 km² without the Water, Hamburg = 755,09 km²,

@@mariojakel5544 I was speaking of population, not area. 😉 If =they= were talking about area, then I am right with you!

" If my grandma had wheels she would have been a bike "