HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE INTO GERMAN SOCIETY (easy tips & tricks)

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Today's video will not be focusing on learning the language, mastering bureaucracy, or other stereotypical German "things" that are associated with integrating into the society because I have made so many videos talking about those things (and you should be doing these things ANYWAYS- especially if you are moving to a new country)... In this video I go over very basic/fundamental pieces of advice that can help you integrate into German society without being overwhelmed, underwhelmed, or anxious.
I know a lot of people will say "find German friends or find a German partner" (I have said those things in the past) but making your integration dependent on others is only setting yourself up for failure. Of course those things can help tremendously but if you have the will to learn about the culture and implement it into your daily life- you are on the right track!
A lot of these points go hand in hand but that is usually how life works ;)
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00:00 How to integrate into German society
00:33 Different types of immigrants in Germany
02:21 Find out "who you are" as a person
04:46 Come to Germany with a clean slate- don't expect too much
07:00 Positive vs Negative experiences in Germany
07:52 Food example
8:50 Don't force German experiences or ideas just because they are German
09:34 Tiny bites vs big chomps (marathon vs sprint)
11:10 Examples of tiny steps into integration and how it takes over your life
12:16 Ask Germans for help and share stories with Germans
13:55 Do not compare Germany to your home country
15:20 Find some German hobbies
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@ralfweissenborn734 Год назад

When you come to live in a foreign country, know that no one was waiting for you there. The key you need to understand the country and its people is the language. I keep telling my refugees that it doesn't matter how bad their German grammar is, as long as people understand what needs to be said.

@seelenwinter6662 Год назад

most refugees only know their rights, but there are also obligations... even if the ngo's and world improvers don't like it... and certainly not those looking for honey and milk...

@ralfweissenborn734 Год назад

@@seelenwinter6662 You call yourself "Seelenwinter (soel winter)" and I think the name is well chosen. In the soul of a person who spreads such untruths, there can only be eternal soul winter.

@FulloutPostal Год назад

I think the most important part is: be willing to integrate... don't try to change the country you moved to to the country you moved from... don't be an ex-pat, be an immigrant :3

@jj_fantabulous4405 Год назад

For all the parents moving to Germany, sign your kids up in your local Verein. That's where they will meet lots of other town kids and probably kids they also go to school with. Vereine usually have some sort of gmnastics or ball-sport but also orchestra. My Verein also had classes for Erwachsene so you can also make new German friends! I've also seen lots of videos of mother/fathers here and I highly recommend signing up for parent/child classes as well! In every town (or the next town over) you'll have the Rückbildungskurs (if you've jut given birth) and Mutter-Kind-Turnen (mother-child gymnastics (also for dads of cause)) and singing classes for parent and child or swimming lessons mostly to tighten the bond between parent/child as well!!

@ernestmccutcheon9576 Год назад

At the end of the day, I think learning and mastering the Language is the key to being able to integrate into a foreign country.

@TreyDaze Год назад

Fellow American here. One thing that I think is crucial, especially coming from the US is whenever you run into a roadblock regarding the bureaucracy (missing paperwork, long lines, etc)…it is best to not show visible frustration and try your best to be as optimistic as possible. It may be incredibly hard to do especially in the moment, but I have noticed that the individual helping me out usually appreciates your optimistic attitude, takes you seriously, and realizes that you want to do whatever it takes to complete whatever process it is that needs to be completed. Excellent video Hayley!

@lumina9995 Год назад

The only reason you don't meet with a lot of bureaucracy in the US is that you're American already 😃

@plutoniumlollie9574 Год назад

Hailey's and your cross referencing to each other's videos are so entertaining :D I would be excited about a collab.

@arnodobler1096 Год назад

good advice

@anette2050 Год назад

They appreciate your optimistic attitude because they're not used to that from Germans, haha. XD

@HenryAusLuebeck Год назад

Grünkohl...geil! Ist bald wieder Zeit dafür. Gibt´s bei uns immer im Winter. Mit Speck und Kohlwurst (haben wir das genannt) / Mettwurst. Moin aus der Hansestadt Lübeck. Ick freu mich auf den Winter.

@jutswheezie Год назад

I really like you and your videos and this one really is great again and not limited to integrating into Germany. These tips are universally applicable thank you!! As a German introvert I sometimes have a hard time "integrating" in Germany myself :-D But with an open mind and friendly demeanor I always managed to find supportive people. We are lucky to have you here and I hope you enjoy staying here.

@BadNessie Год назад

The cool thing about experiencing a different culture is that it's (more often than not) not necessarily better or worse, but simply different. I think it opens up the mind and the way of thinking, when seeing other people doing something a different way. And heck yes, always make learning an exchange of perspectives - because the other side might see something new as well!

@helge. Год назад

Well spoken you have. May the beer be with you!

@Llortnerof Год назад

There's even a Kohltourhauptstadt in Niedersachsen. I love cooking up a good 1,5kg Grünkohl with a few Pinkel and some Kassler during winter. Don't like it as a summer food, though, imo it tastes better when its cold outside. And yes, it's a horrible wordplay.

@abgekippt Год назад

For me, one of the most important things about integration in Germany, walk on the walkway, never walk on the bike lane. 😉😅

@goldflo91 Год назад

And better wait for the 🚦 to turn red for cars and be allowed to cross the street, especially in Bavaria 😉

@kaworunagisa4009 Год назад

That's one of the smaller reasons I'm looking forward to moving to Germany 🤣 I stopped biking at all a couple years ago because local pedestrians are FERAL. Especially moms with strollers who think they own the biking lanes.

@AriesT1 Год назад

Great video! When I talk to US or Canadian friends, I often get the feeling they assume the entire world is like the US or Canada. They cannot fathom that other nations are, for example, more conservative or just do things differently - and then label those countries and nations as problematic or evil. With that said: If you want move to a foreign country, make sure it is the right place for you. Embrace its society and common things and practices. Don't expect it do be like your home country. And most importantly, gradually learn the language. This is fundamental for getting to know locals. No need to rush it, though. To quickly get to know people, you could engage in local clubs / Vereine. Even if it's "only" the local DnD group. 😁

@ruedigerfunke1069 Год назад

Hayley, you are a great observer. I agree with most of your observations and recommendations. I especially agree with what you said about integrating into another culture. You can't simply swap out certain parts within a culture you don't like. You have to take the package as it is delivered. That doesn't mean that cultures and countries can't learn from each other but a simple copy will not work. It needs to fit into the entire picture and needs to make sense to the people living in the culture or country. I have lived for 5+ years in South Carolina, USA, and for more than a year near Toronto in Canada and there are parts I enjoy and there are part in live over there I can't agree to at all. As a result, I try to avoid them to the best of my ability. But still overall it was worth the experience and would not like to have missed a day of it. Please continue with your channel and your very good observations regarding German and US culture / life etc. My best regards, Rüdiger

@Dog.eatdog Год назад

There is a big difference between integration and assimilation. To be accepted and integrated, learning the language really is the biggest step to be viewed as someone who is really serious about wanting to integrate. It's nice when you are also open and curious to food and all the other German cultural aspects, but disliking a Bismark hering really isn't a dealbreaker ;-). However if anyone dislikes most things about German culture, the country just might not be right for them. (Which is totally fine btw)

@tigeriussvarne177 Год назад

The only good thing about the cold season is the Grünkohlzeit. :D Oldenburger Grünkohl is the best btw. ^_^

@jan-matthisweng4437 Год назад

Herbstzeit ist Grünkohlzeit und ich freu mich schon! :-) Pinkel hab ich allerdings noch nicht dazu gegessen; bei uns gibt's stattdessen Bregenwurst.

@HenryAusLuebeck Год назад

Wir Deutschen lernen ja auch total viel von allen Einwanderern. ICH, zumindest! I love a scottish Girl, I loved a polish, a "Ossi" (hahaha) and I learned from them! Thanks for that!

@wizardm Год назад

As I saw this I thought this this would help many Germans to integrate better in Germany. ;-)

@BrittaGausW Год назад

Es ist sooo schön, dir zuzuhören! Du bist über die Jahre richtig weise geworden und hast tolle Gedankengänge!

@herb6677 Год назад

i believe, she was wise all along

@rosenrost27 Год назад

@@herb6677 I am pretty sure, she is the inventor of wisdom.

@sim1jake Год назад

Very helpful perspectives. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@Dahrenhorst Год назад

A problem some might encounter is the fact, that there is no real definition what "Deutsche Kultur" (german culture) actually is. There was an effort in the first two decades of this century to define something what was called "Deutsche Leitkultur", what is difficult to translate and means something like "core aspects of German identity and culture", which was mainly driven by more right wing politicians and activists, but never came to a commonly accepted conclusion. The definition of a German Culture is that difficult mostly because it is so diverse or manifold, and you will find a remarkably different culture in just a couple hundred Kilometers away. The by far most important aspect to dive into German Culture is the one common thing which unites all Germans: the language. It is the one thing one needs to master to become assimilated. English is ok, and at least every second person you'll meet in Germany can talk to you in English language more or less professionally. But as long as you can't converse with Germans in their language as they can converse with you in English, you will hardly have a chance of true integration.

@user-sm3xq5ob5d Год назад

I think a foreigner is better suited to define what German culture is.

@andreast.6017 Год назад

Hailey, you are such a cool person and positive force! I LOVE watching your videos, because your insights are so interesting and relatable. Moving back to Germany after having spent quite some time in the US, I fell into that comparison trap and have had to reajust and reassess. As you say, there will always be positives and negatives about each country, so it's about picking the things you like and integrating them into your everyday life. Keep up the great work!

@plutoniumlollie9574 Год назад

This video was absolutely great. I loved the part about integrating small parts in daily life step by step instead of going 100% right away. I love your attitude :)

@chellyd.7977 Год назад

My gosh! I really needed this video. I'm moving to Germany next year and I've been stressing. Thank you!

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@filipegrieb-dunlap5625 Год назад

Excellent video. Very good points. Points that are badically universal, since I did the same thing ad a German integrating into American society. Also as you and others have mentioned here already learning the language is your entrance fee to a happy life in a country of your choice.

@lifeinthemudlane1846 Год назад

Funny to watch your videos “neighbor”. did your travel 30 yrs ago and live now where you left🤗. going back to munich every year does make me very aware of the changes you experience in Munich and i do in Jax. Lots of changes in both countries. Hope you enjoy and have a great time in Bavaria - just like i do here🤗

@fritzschmidt5764 Год назад

One of your best videos Hayley

@laurawhite203 Год назад

Luckily being a vegetarian saves me from the Bismarck experience. But having so many vegan/vegetarian meat alternative options Bratwurst, Weißwurst, etc. has been such a lovely addition to my life since I got here in June.

@KitsuneHB Год назад

To become the perfect german in three steps: 1.) Wear socks in sandals. 2.) Complain. Complain always! The sun is shining? It's too bright and too hot. The sun isn't shining? It's too dark and too cold. 3.) Put a towel on something you want.

@sarahmichael270244 Год назад

Great video! 👏

@blondkatze3547 Год назад

I would advise everyone who comes from abroad to get in touch with their neighbors as soon as possible drink coffee together or have a barbecue together then you get to know each other quickly and most Germans can all speak English and if you have children you get in touch with each other anyway,

@karstenvagt1075 Год назад

If you like Grünkohl...try Rübenmus. It's 1 part carrots, 1 part turnip and 2 parts of potato. Start the carrots and the turnip with some Kasseler, then add the potatoes and geräucherte Kochwurst after 1hr. Spice it up with some pepper and salt. The more you warm it up the better it tastes...

@diasigimbayev6865 Год назад

Love your channel so much!

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Thank you so much!!

@liamwagner6597 Год назад

Most of my expierences as an expat living in Canada explained well sorted. 👌

@knudvoecking Год назад

Dear Hayley, your starting remarks are very important. There definitely is a huge difference between people like you and refugees. People often forget that refugees are traumatized and have been thrown into a different society and culture. (Okay, Germans can traumatize voluntary migrants too. But that's another story.)

@gerrygrouwe70 Год назад

Btw you are always a positive person in your video's i like that exactly like i am 💝💝💝

@teotik8071 Год назад

Grünkohl + Pinkel is your favourite dish ? How is that even possible !! 😂 Completely agree with you. Try to make your own version of Germany (or any other country).

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

It seriously is so delicious... and I dislike kale with a passion but it just taste so delicious... It is so comforting (and taste so good that you think it might be unhealthy) but it is still relatively healthy :)

@vully70 Год назад

Ich komme aus Bremen und wohne in Baden-Württemberg. Ich muss mindestens einmal im Jahr, wenn ich meine Eltern oder Schwieger Eltern im Norden besuche, Kohl und Pinkel haben. Sonst ist für mich nicht Winter!

@vully70 Год назад

Im Umgang mit Beamten jeder Art habe ich die Erfahrung gemacht, dass man sich, bevor man anfängt, mit ihnen zu sprechen, einen Satz ins Gedächtnis rufen muss, den man vielleicht nicht laut sagen muss, aber zumindest denken: Können Sie mir helfen? Wenn man den Beamten nicht als Gegner, sondern als Retter ansieht, ist der Umgang ein ganz anderer. Und es ist nun mal so, die Leute sind ja nicht Beamte geworden, um Menschen zu quälen, sondern um Ihnen zu helfen.

@franz1102 Год назад

Wow, Hayley, I am so much impressed of how you think and how great you describe it, thats excact the way I do think too and I am a German. If I would move to another country then I would first (and that long before I move) learn the basic language und I would know how things work in that country aaannnd then "keep it coming" I dive into it. I would go to the neigbourhood, make friends with so many people as I can, If so, they all would gonna help me integrate. Yes, there will be things I don´t like, that is in my own country the same, I would come along with it or let it go or learn to live with it (maybe I will learn to like it in a while), keep on going Hayley, you do a very good job, like u 😍👍

@creativetraininghacks Год назад

A dryer really does consume huge amounts of electricity. But it's also really adictive. I got rid of mine not before I moved to a bigger house with much more space to hang the clothes to dry. Also, it helped quite a bit that, at that time, the door of the dryer was broken anyway, so when we moved, instead of having it repaired, I just put it in the cellar and forgot about it 😄

@goldflo91 Год назад

Better avoid having and using a dryer at home right now 😉

@robertbauer6468 Год назад

Dryer also let your clothes last not so long. Look at the fluff filter. But we also use the dryer for underwear and socks, because we are a littlebit lazy.

@creativetraininghacks Год назад

@@robertbauer6468 True. But on the positive side, you have the fluff collected in a filter, handy for disposal, whereas otherwise, over time, you will have to dust or vacuum it gradually from all over your apartement.

@rickyn1135 Год назад

I’ll try almost anything & everything once. I think that’s a smarter way through life.

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@psrfpsrf Год назад

Hallo Hayley, your experience with the Bismark Hering ist a bit special, because a lot of German food has a local background or history. the hering is a fish from the Northsea, so as food it is common in the northern parts of Germany close to the coast. Due to the transportation techniques we have today, you can get a „Brötchen with Bismarkhering“ or a „Rollmops“ a pur hering rolled with a piece of cucumber and onions, fixed with a wooden stick everywhere in bigger cities. Well known is the fish store called „Nordsee“, I believe in Munich too. Ans so we have other specialities in German areas. Sample. Weißwurst ist not common in Northrhine Westfalia. If I am (born in Cologne) in Bavarria I eat Weißwurst, but what I don‘t like is the typical bavarian „Brezel“, for me too salty, to strange. Another sample, I just talked about again with my wife, spent some holiday weeks ago close to Marseille in France, is eating of raw pure oysters. We tried it too, years ago, but we don‘t need to repeat it. But on the other hand war are astonished about the amount of oysters being cultured at the whole Atlantique coast of France. There is a market for this food. Our opinion, like everywhere in the world, your basic sense of taste will be trained in your early childhood days. Also the view on food and image. Look what kind of food in China is usual, on which we look with some kind of distaste. Or native people in the jungle of Brasilia sometimes eat, rosted spiders. So taste has a cultured background, is not limited to a country, often it depends to availability.

@danilopapais1464 Год назад

Starting the video I thought you would start with a joke like "Get yourself a German Schatzi!". I mean it does help integrating but it also would have been really funny.

@ketamu5946 Год назад

I think it really depends on the background culture. The second and third generation are already part of the new culture. I am a migrant in the second generation and I only realized that after 20 years 🤣 Just like I said, your voice is soooooo much quiter then 5 years ago. Being german creeps on you. Next time someone says something they don't mean or gets late for 5 minutes and you get a rash you know there is no way going back😅

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Don’t get me started about being late. I’m still semi late in German’s eyes but when it comes to the USA- I am ALWAYS EARLY/ON TIME. It bothers me like no tomorrow 😵‍💫

@HenryAusLuebeck Год назад

@@HayleyAlexis hahaha

@myknife_life Год назад

Hey Hailey, every ingredience you need to make Grünkohl mit Pinkel you can get on Viktualienmarkt in the winter time, even the different sausages eaten with Grünkohl in several areas in Northern Germany 😏

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Thank you!! I will try to make it this winter :) It is the perfect comfort food and make it for Mike. He has never had it before!!

@hartmutbohn Год назад

Kaffee und Kuchen as a hobby. I never thought about it that way! But maybe I should!

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Well... I can't be trusted with hobbies because.... I always think I deserve a treat for the smallest accomplishments :p

@lazyperfectionist1 Год назад

When I managed to get to Germany, in 2018, I had some Spezi. You brought it up in one of your videos and told us what a wonderful soda it was, so of course, I _had_ to have some. It was pretty good. It wasn't the absolute world-changer _you_ made it out to be, but it wasn't bad. I think I could've gotten much the same effect from mixing equal parts cola and orange soda. I'll probably miss root beer and ginger ale. I'll have to get used to hanging my clothes _up_ to dry instead of using a _dryer._ I'll have to learn to do without air conditioning but I'm looking forward to having shutters I can just _close_ by pressing a _button_ or flipping a _switch._ Otherwise, I might, at some point, use an Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher once or twice. I'll probably have to remember what it means to carry around large sums of cash again. Of course, there are parts of Germany where people who speak English aren't that hard to find and places where they're almost _no where._ Either way, though, it doesn't really matter if you can find a Volkshochschule where you can study the language. This is the German equivalent of a community college, except that they don't charge tuition. They're ubiquitous. Every city in Germany that has a university will have a Volkshochschule. Cost of living, though, near as I can tell, is _universally_ cheaper in Germany. The biggest example is rent. It's been a while since I've been able to find a place in the US where rent drops below $350 a month, and those are few-and-far-between places people are rapidly moving _away_ from. In Germany, though, I can _regularly_ find rent for less than 200€.

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

I can't believe it wasn't a game changer for you!! Blasphemy :p You have to get the true Bavarian one made with love and tradition ;)

@anniestumpy9918 Год назад

um... I would be very interested where you can find that kind of renting prices. Maybe you're talking about a single tiny room in a shared apartment in an eastern German small town? But where I live (medium sized city) even that will cost you 400 € upwards. Finding a (tiny!) apartment for below 500 € - well good luck to you, I haven't seen one in years.

@lazyperfectionist1 Год назад

@@HayleyAlexis 😆😆😆

@lazyperfectionist1 Год назад

@@anniestumpy9918 What city is that?

@HenryAusLuebeck Год назад

"HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE INTO GERMAN SOCIETY"? Das frage ich mich, als Deutscher, auch oft. ;)

@LaureninGermany Год назад

It’s so funny, the difference. When you said you were a pampered princess, I had to think how I feel German teenagers are so very pampered, compared to British. We were always so grateful for activities that German kids take for granted. You‘ve made me feel really peasant, Hayley! And I am posh, I‘ll have you know! The clean slate point is really good, you just get more out of it all that way.

@tasminoben686 Год назад

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@LaureninGermany Год назад

@Nyessa maybe it’s the activities I am referring to. Both my husband and I teach music and we also run a youth opera group. That’s where I have noticed the difference on a personal level.

@berndbrakemeier1418 Год назад

Uih, das war sehr klug und sehr weise.

@fritzmeier1717 Год назад

Loving Grünkohl is more or less the last answer to the question "Am I German or not?" 👍(And after that try Stippgrütze or Rinderwurst. That's like the Gold in the Black-Red-Gold 😉). If you ever cook Grünkohl by yourself: Cook it one day, leave it over night and heat it up the next day: Taste is much better .

@mandje2002 Год назад

Where my heart is, is my home... I don't care where I live, just adapt to the environment 😊

@mylena3086 Год назад

I was born and raised in Northern Germany and also looove Grünkohl But never liked Rollmops or Fischbrötchen

@Dolce_Far_Niente Год назад

It's more about how open you are when you come into a new country and trying to adapt in the ways of life in the country you're at. Do some research before you move and try to learn some basics of the language.

@wWvwvV Год назад

Instead of "Bismarck Brötchen" you should've tried "Matjes Brötchen". Bismarck is quite sour, I don't like it so much myself. But fresh Matjes in a bun from a fisher/fish dealer is so delicious, it's very mild, tender and tasteful. FYI: Bismarck and Matjes, while they taste very different they're made from the same fish, herring. I also love "Grünkohl with Pinkel". The taste is very strong, you have to get used it.

@lifeinthemudlane1846 Год назад

Matjes … ugh🤗 tried and hated it, take Rollmops over Marjes any day

@anunearthlychild8569 Год назад

You are right. It's important to try something new, but you don't have to like everything just because the neighbors do. Most Germans also don't like everything about their country or every meal. We are happy when someone tries to learn the language, no matter how good or bad the result is. Eventually, it gets better through practice. If someone wants to play sports, or has a hobby, he should look for a club. I also advise Germans who move from the city to the countryside. Through clubs you quickly get to know new people and integration, not assimilation, is easier. You don't have to be more German than the Germans to arrive in your new home. On the contrary, many are asked for cooking recipes and experiences from the old homeland

@GlenHunt Год назад

UGH! Why does my dog always need to be taken outside when you post?!? Be right back... Okay, continue. For Americans traveling to the EU entirely voluntarily, I've seen people have the easiest time understanding that the EU and America have the same exact things and nothing is lacking, but that it might be a little different. Sometimes I am by myself, but usually I have friends and make new friends who understand that I am American and that some things are different, and they help me navigate and they explain when I need it. It also helps that I don't care if I'm driving or taking the tram, if I eat earlier or later, or whatever. We are so similar that I know everything will be done one way or another, and it's fun. I make it a game to try to be indistinguishable from a local...except when I have to speak because there's no getting around that.

@thomaskniese5321 Год назад

Grünkohl ist delicious 😋!

@_Yannex Год назад

Heyley I remember that I subscribed to your channel quite early, as you were in Germany for 3-4 months. There sit a beautiful young lady from sunshine state Florida and bored me about something to do with starbucks and other pretty naiv statements. And I thought to myself: 'Die bleibt nicht lange!' ☺️

@flowerpower8765 Год назад

I live since I was a young guy abroad, not just in one country, I always went on my own and that for I know how difficult it is coming to a new country without knowing anyone and not having no idea about the language. Then I have the problem that I am a very lazy person which makes it even harder to learn a language and getting in into a new culture. But I learned that to compare your country with the country you moved to making not really much sense, because it's a part of accepting the other cultures. Now I'm old,used to live in a few countries and traveled to more than 50. Since almost 30 years I live in Spain, the reason is the weather and that I can legally live here as an European. But the best coffee you get from Italy and the second best from Spain here in Europe, the worse coffee from Starbucks, sorry it's my personal experience

@PalmyraSchwarz Год назад

I don't see white hair on you yet, but you're slowly becoming really wise. Nice to watch.

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Oh there are a lot of greys on my head :) It is hereditary... They seem to be popping up a lot faster since I am in my 30's now :p

@gerrygrouwe70 Год назад

Hayley so mutch wishdom for someone your age 👍👍👍myself being 60 now i still learn every day. I always say the day that i dont learn something new i will die.in germany or anywhere in the world

@hertatidauwe8030 Год назад

I like meatless Grünkohl, my favorite food is Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus.

@slalovesjesus1187 Год назад

Your so cute Hun with your Grünkohl 🤣🤗for me personal, your even more German than I am😘

@juergenstremmler2286 Год назад

It's just like that, if nobody is perfect, why should someone become a "perfect" German? But people living in our country should acknowledge that we have an own heritage, culture and language just like we like to get aquainted to other cultures, heritages and languages.

@marcuszaja6589 Год назад

Taking about "Birsmarck-Brötchen", did you ever try a "Mettbrötchen"?

@k.schmidt2740 Год назад

"Find a German hobby" is second to none of all the things you suggest, and should maybe even be on the top of the list. Germans bond and socialize via interest groups, so their respective "Verein" activities - which include church activities - are often the center of their social lives. Are you having trouble finding friends? Then find your interest group and join up. It won't be long, before you need a calendar app to keep track of all the invitations back and forth. Without an interest group, you can get pretty lonely.

@nachbarslumpi7093 Год назад

Even I don’t like everything what is German. Living my whole life here. 😜

@EllisBell Год назад

❤️

@hartmutfeige548 Год назад

As North Germans, we have made it a tradition here in Bavaria to meet up with friends to eat kale every year in January. You forgot to mention the hamburger cumin😃

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@CARambolagen Год назад

Amazing to think that 'having to' take a bike instead of a car could be considered an 'inconvenience'... I suppose it very much depends on the Infrastrukturen you move within....

@franzfred7511 Год назад

Inform you where you fit in as good as you can. there are 200 countries in the world, everyone with their own pro and cons. And then decide. There is no wrong or right, there is only what fits me the best.

@pietg.6249 Год назад

Grünkohl und Pinkel is a traditional German food just like hamburgers or cheeseburgers are in America...only healthier..😉

@oliverdecker249 Год назад

grünkohl is a tipical meal in winter time,in summer it is almost impossible to find it. bismarckhering is very special,i don t like it and i think one has to be at an age of 65 or older to get along with it.

@bendjohans3863 Год назад

well i used to live in a few different countrys in my life and i always tryed to behave there after the credo... when in rhome do it like the romans. means if you go somewhere else inform yourself talk to people and assimilate to the culture there... if the culture is totally different to your belive...DONT GO THERE ... thats so easy

@Holgi1904 Год назад

Dear Haley, du bist nun schon gefühlte 10 Jahre in Deutschland und machst täglich deine Videos. I love them, by the way. Du könntest jetzt mal damit anfangen, in deinen YT-Videos deutsch zu sprechen. Du beherrschst die dt. Sprache SO GUT, so you can easily speak your new home language, maybe with english subs….

@50043211 Год назад

Yes, kale dishes are not commen in Bavaria, on a different note, why dont you make it for yourself Hayley? 🤨

@Sleeping_Insomiac Год назад

Become a member in a local Verein (club). There will be one for you...

@Sleeping_Insomiac Год назад

If you're American, you could try the Schützenverein... 😜

@lazyperfectionist1 Год назад

8:33 🤔 What did you say this is called? A... _Bismarcksimmel?_ 🤨 Yeah. It doesn't look like something I'll be trying.

@janheinbokel3969 Год назад

Dear Haley, Just now I've cooked your beloved Grünkohl (mit Kasseler und Bregenwurst)

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Jan.. I AM JEALOUS!!!

@Karl_Ranseier Год назад

Grünkohl mit Pinkel...das kann in München ja garnicht richtig schmecken🤨 Grüsse aus Norddeutschland

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

LOL.... ja leider nicht!! Irgendwann muss ich probieren es selber zu machen

@CARambolagen Год назад

Well one DOES compare. Nothing wrong with that, inevitable really, at least subconciously...

@KungFuPadawan Год назад

Really? … Wearing a Star Wars Jacket? … 👍🏻 … I give you a „Thumbs-Up“!!!! May the force be with you. 👍🏻👍🏻😂😂😂

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Oh my closet has a lot of Star Wars accessories 🤣🤣

@woisen1422 Год назад

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@Nahemii Год назад

God, Im getting the feeling you're more german than I am xD And Iwas born here xD

@rolfoleynik6925 Год назад

Leider gibt es oft Probleme, mit Religion und der eigenen Kultur für Immigranten. Daher gibt es zum Teil Parallelgesellschaften.

@alexanderroth1427 Год назад

Hayley mag Grünkohl damit hab ich NICHT gerechnet :P.

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

Ich bin ein "book of wonders"

@lars-hendrikschilling3531 Год назад

Additional trick: learn some phrases in the dialect of your region. A lot of Germans will appreciate poor German in their regional dialect more than much better standard German.

@HenryAusLuebeck Год назад

YES! Say"MOIN" in the North and all is fine. ;)

@wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад

@@HenryAusLuebeck I say Moin in Austria. Everybody knows i am not to be taken serious,,,

@reinhard8053 Год назад

But do the dialect really well. Pseudo dialect is something horrible. I heard enough Germans trying to talk in austrian dialects which was bad most of the times. I live for decades in Austria (being German) and I still don't use some dialect words because I don't get them right.

@lars-hendrikschilling3531 Год назад

@@reinhard8053 has not been my observation, at least with people more foreign that Germans in Austria. Someone looking clearly African or Arabic who greats with "Moin!" can score a lot of points in the north regardless of their pronunciation.

@mirador698 Год назад

I thought your favorite dish is Käsespätzle 🤔

@HayleyAlexis Год назад

always but I have a few dishes that I really love

@franhunne8929 Год назад

Don't compare Germany to your home country. And you, Hayley, don't you do this all the time on your videos? And we love you for it? Even when we sometimes are a little hurt you show us the negative sides, too?

@LS-Moto Год назад

You can compare it but you also have to accept that things will be different.

@anniestumpy9918 Год назад

Well the one thing is pointing out differences and putting them into context, in a way that's entertaining. That's what Haley is doing on her channel in my opinion. The other thing is getting frustrated or resentful about differences. Nobody should do that because it only makes life harder for yourself and the people around you. I think that's what she meant _not_ to do.

@stephan8894 Год назад

If you think that it is difficult to integrate into german society as a foreigner let me tell you it is at least as hard for a german (of german decent for over 400 years as much it is known, myself) to integrate in a different german area, especially if you have a different christian religion and you marry a woman from this area. Sometimes a village just 1km depart from your home is like a different country in germany......

@ChelseaCherryblossom Год назад

Even worse is, when you transfer to a new school in the Country Side, Just less than an hours away by train. I was thirteen years old and could Not understand why the people at my school we're so diffrent from the people at my old school and IT took me forever to feel komfortable and fit in. That being Said, to be fair, I tend to be in my own way and need time to warm Up and I think I wasn't completly fair and Open minded in this Situation as I am today. But fitting in is never easy even for Germans within Germany.

@juricarmichael2534 Год назад

"Free willy ngly" 🤣 Yep, depends on your age and brain level, too. If you are a fully grown personality or still grow up and search for yourself and your place in life..... Do you still have an objective view, or do you think you see germanland through the "pink colored glasses of love", cause you have been "Michaelized" (whatever that is...?). By the way, nice art "over - pott" 😉 on your desk!🙂 Tschüssen

@ContinuumGaming Год назад

As if I would like every German dish (Bismark sandwich? I would not even try that ;) ) or you would like all the food you can get in the US. Whoever things that is living in a fantasy world but not reality.

@klauskruger6187 Год назад

10:24 You do know, you have a bavarian accent, don't you?

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@seelenwinter6662 Год назад

most refugees only know their rights, but there are also obligations... even if the ngo's and world improvers don't like it... and certainly not those looking for honey and milk...

@CARambolagen Год назад

Really? So many people I know in Germany have driers...

@benraeder903 Год назад

one have to unlike 🙃 but good video

@memories511 Год назад

The problem is , that Americans feel that they should get catered to. Well , when you go to another country you better forget that , because that country will Not change for YOU. Better remember that you came to that country and not the other way around.

@lifeinthemudlane1846 Год назад

actually you must not have left germany for a while. Germans behave just like Americans do in other countries.

@martinbruhn5274 Год назад

I can't believe, there is any part of northern german cuisine, that you enjoy. As a southwestern german, I could never eat any of the stuff they have there. Our cuisine is much more related to the french and italian cuisines, than it is to northern german food. Grünkohl mit Pinkel looks like somebody has already eaten it.

@guidofietz Год назад

Mein Gott!!! Bornierter geht es ja nicht! "Was der Bauer nicht kennt, frisst er nicht." & "Die dümmsten Bauern haben die größten Kartoffeln." Da scheint man Eure Kartoffeln einen halben Tag oder länger kochen zu müssen... War mal wieder DIE Bestätigung, warum mir auf dem Weg zum leckeren Essen der Franzosen und Italiener kein Weg zu weit ist, um eure Chauvi-Ecke zu meiden.

@martinbruhn5274 Год назад

@@guidofietz Sieh es einfach ein, die Norddeutschen können nicht kochen

@guidofietz Год назад

@@martinbruhn5274 Deine "Antwort" passt wie Arsch auf Eimer! DU weißt Bescheid, der Andere soll "einsehen"! Wenn mir jemand sagt, er mag keinen Grünkohl - seine Sache, da rühr ich doch keinen Finger. Wenn du dich genötigt siehst auf die Äußerung einer nicht-Deutschen (dass sie Grünkohl mag) ungefragt (!) wie geschehen über alle die nicht zu deinem Stamm gehören herzuziehen, zeigt das mir nur - wie sage ich es nur, ohne mich auf dein Niveau zu begeben? - wessen Geistes Kind du bist! "Over!" - und nur noch fröhliches Kochen. Du deinen Saumagen (die Autokorrektur schlägt doch glatt "saumäßig" vor...) und ich Grünkohl (wenn er den ersten Frost bekommen hat) oder convenied aus dem Spreewald - bei REWE z.B. - lecker!

@martinbruhn5274 Год назад

@@guidofietz Meine Güte, jetzt chill mal alter. Ich weiß gar nicht, warum du dich so dermaßen aufregst. Ihr Norddeutschen könnt halt einfach nicht kochen, wenn du mich fragst. Ist doch auch OK. Aber als echter Süddeutscher, kann ich mich mit dem Fraß halt einfach nicht anfreunden. Du kannst ja auch Spätzle und Maultaschen haten, wenn du das willst. Das ist mir relativ wurst. Aber regt dich mal ab, was geht denn bei dir ab?

@guidofietz Год назад

@@martinbruhn5274 Weiß ich auch nicht, wo ich mich dermaßen aufgeregt haben soll? Ich habe mich dagegen gewandt, dass Sie sich nicht entblöden (und jetzt ja wiederholen)

@CARambolagen Год назад

Haley, some of the things you are saying seem to be truisms pretty much...