The Average German Sunday | Church, markets, and weird rules 

I don’t feel like going out today, so if I’m going to eat cake, I’d better start baking.

church, food, and more food

"The German was unlucky today. He will have to try again, for nature is unforgiving ..."

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Attenborough is in favour of e(ugenics)

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Thanks so much! 😁

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And what do you get up to on Sunday? 🤔

Perhaps driving to neighbouring countries (if lucky to be located around border location, except AT) 😅

@@ralu1651I‘m living 20mins away from Austria but driving there wouldn’t change anything as you already mentioned 😭

It's a Miele and they're extremely quiet.

Thank you! Would you like to any other parts of German life? 😁

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And if there are such rules then some Republicans will come out saying how the democrats want to take your freedom away

@@normaromero7271 The perfect combination of ignorance and stupidity in one comment. Congratulations troll.

@@normaromero7271 There are, of course, emergency pharmacy services.

@@normaromero7271 Of course pharmacies are open rofl

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Not if you're a tourist.

So Germans aren't that bad after all 😊

@@malindidacupido5627 Who said Germans are bad?

yes but the funny thing is that in the jewish neighborhood they actually believe in god and consequently follow the concomitant rules. In Germany ... i don't think they are religious.

Thanks! We would LOVE to make a feature-length Michael Müller Movie. For now, we’ll continue to deliver you the short and sweet bits❤️

@@dweuromaxx Please do keep the format. I especially liked the way it was annotated by Clare and the quizzical faces she pulled at times.

Thank you! Are there any more Average German themes you’d like us to cover? 🤔😁

Hello there! Luckily for you, our next episode will answer many of your questions.…⛱️🌞

Sounds sarcastic 😂

Let me take a wild guess: You were in southern Germany? ;-)

That must have been a long time ago

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Carwash is always possible on sunday, in fact I usually use sunday mornings to get my car washed, gas stations are open so are their car wash facilities. Favorite past time of many middle age men on sunday having annoying wifes is to wash their car for hours every time the sun comes out, just not to be with her 🤣

You are a storyteller😂

Making sch-port is a fundamental pillar of German life. ⚽️

And a lot of it. When in doubt, ask your fellow Germans to help you with doing nothing on Sundays.

There is an Austrian song about that, Long live the Sport it makes us hard it makes us tough. And the rest of the text is about a guy who gets the enjoyment from watching pro sport people especially those who have accidents.

In Germany and Austria i think all oder Europe people watch Soccer insteet of Football

@@user-nj1pu9qv8v the official name is football. It’s only soccer in countries with American football. So Germans watch Fußball

Do you going out during working days?

@@TeamDogFan you mean on a simple walk or spaziergang?

@@Sophie-mt8yf What is spaziergang?

@@TeamDogFan It's the expression for taking a walk outside with nowhere to go. Very nice to clear your head, move your body and maybe run into known faces. Also very healthy! And yes, many people go on walks on working days as well but it surely depends on their time schedule. But in general taking walks is very healthy and calming :)

@@Sophie-mt8yf Sorry, I didn't express well, I thinking more about nightlife.

Not attending church regularly has always been a thing everywhere. Go to virtually any European village or small town. How many people does the town church seat? 200? How many people live in town? 2,000? There you go.

@@someguy31415 It depends. Many villages have grown since the time the church was built. But you have a point here.

@@MichaEl-rh1kv Sure, but the village in which my mom grew up has had more than 1000 inhabitants for centuries. Yet the village church never seated more than 200 people at the very most. Near-universal church attendance has been a fantasy for a long time.

Actually the men were drinking not gossipping, then after that they want for another beer at the Frühschoppen...

@@werpu12 men not gossiping? That would be a new one.

Good question! Luckily we have a few more episodes in store for you... :)

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No car wash is open on Sunday. You could wash it in your street, but in a city chances are you get an encounter with the police, as you are probably polluting the ground water with oil residue from the car… in the countryside no one will care though. But best to go to a car wash on a Friday afternoon, when the weekend kinda starts, most people do it then.

Oh yeah? What do they get up to?

@@dweuromaxx every Sunday and “Freie Tagen” the Dutch border cities and gardencenters are full of Germans. During these days Dutch people avoid shopping. In the Netherlands these “Freie Tagen” are called the “Duitse dagen”.

Yeah, because even Germans who work in stores have free, because they are closed. ;)

Most are open every day so actually when you have time for it. Not everybody does, sauna culture is way bigger in the north of Europe, which makes sense, since it is also way colder in countries like Sweden and Finland.

Weekends are a great time to go to the sauna. Last weekend I wanted to go to a HUGE and quite expensive place near Cologne, Mediterana. I couldn’t get in because it was full! I mean, this place is massive, it can fit several hundred people, it has 14 different saunas, plus some steam baths and god knows what. And it must have been absolutely PACKED. It’s recommended that you reserve a spot ahead of time on weekends, especially during the winter. 🧖🧖‍♀️❤️‍🔥

Online church? How does that work? 😁

@@dweuromaxx I joined some online church service as not many English service in my town

Online church? That's wild. I thought the only reason for most people who still go to church is to socialize. Nobody's really listening to sermons, unless perhaps people who have some crisis and really need it.

Interesting! Do Finns go shopping on Sundays then? 🇫🇮

@@dweuromaxx Shopping, restaurants, movies.. all the things you are too tired to do on the work week. And I personally don't know a single person who goes to church on sundays.. Sunday is really the "relaxation day" to do all the things you've been wanting to do, sleep long, walk in the park/forest, chill..

Even if you work 6 days, you always find time for vacuuming. You don't need a day to do it.😅

@@seraph_tenshi I guess you are right but what if you wanna vacuum the whole house in one day like a huge cleaning 😅

@@senaozgur2825 My house is big, and I need 1-2h for that. Most of the time you clean on Saturday or in the moring or evening if you work all day. This is no biggy until 10pm. I never had a cleaning problem 🤣🤣

@@seraph_tenshi okay thank you so much 😊

Modern solution: buy a robot.

This has religious roots, basically by religion you should take one day off every seven days thats what jews and christians and to some degree muslims as abrahamic religions have in common. The jews have strict laws on what you are allowed to do and what not. The christians not so Jesus as a jewish reformer (many christians wont like to hear that but jesus basically was a jewish religious reformer, and a real humanist always putting the wellbeings of humans on top of everything, he for instance also stood heavily against racism as we know it and against over the top religious rules), basically said, this day is for the people not the people for this day basically running into conflict with the jewish religious authorities, when he was healing a sick person on sabbath. He also said, why is it allowed to get a donkey out of a hole, but not to heal a person, just to show the utter stupidity of the jewish religious laws in this regard! Hence we do not have strict rules for this day except for having off, there was a societal pressure to visit church on sundays, heck even by law in the middle ages, but that is not anymore except in smaller villages. The idea basically is you have a day off to get rid of the stress to tighten family relationships etc... since this is every seven days, you work around that by simply do all your stuff on saturday which also is off for most people except those in the service sector and certain sectors which have exception regulations. Many countries have abandoned the one day per week off rule by now in favor of generating more profit, but others have stuck to it, Germany and Austria being the prime example! And frankly spoken most people would not want it another way, this free day off is really good for everybody, to get rid of the weekly stress and be among your family do whatever you want, which at a certain age is spending time with your kids, doing what needs to be done in the flat or house etc..Not having shops open is no tragedy, at least here in austria family businesses and bakeries can open at least for a few hours, so people tend to buy their fresh bread before going into the usual sunday stuff!

If shops are opened on Sunday, a lot of people can't go shopping or do anything else, because they have to work. Sundays are the only days families and friends can really spend together, because almost nobody has to work and all the shopping and stuff has already been done on Saturday (when most people also have free, but stores are open).

On pm its closed...only open on am

MAYBE you can find one in Berlin. Even there it’s going to be hard… Sunday mornings no problem.

The pope still rules Germany just the same as the dark ages. Its time to stop pagan sun worship on SUNday. And allow freedom of religion and practice.

Wow, never heard such a story before, this is not usual, I live in austria and people are hanging out their cloths whenever there is sun, no matter which day!

Back to America then. Very simple.

By shouting at them. (Just a joke)

Going to a playground

go for a walk with them

I agree with the other answers: Go to a playground, visit some sights in the area, take a hike in the area to a nice spot, stuff like that

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