Western Germany: Meet the Germans Road Trip Part 4/4 

Can we have one of these for each Bundesland? Come on DW we want to see more of Rachel going through all of Germany :D

This series could've been easily twice as long. It was a joy to watch and i want more of it. 😄

This was a well done series. Thanks DW and Rachel!

I always feel the sheer Western-Europeanness of Western Germany, I think. It's the part of Germany I feel at home in most quickly, and where my guesses about how things work are most often right. Especially NRW. I mean, dense population, working class culture, pride in local beer, passionate football supporters, grabbing a kebab on the way home: it's hardly "foreign" at all! The East is true Deep Germany (and not that long ago, was part of the Warsaw Pact thing, which sets it apart); the North is this special Hanseatic maritime place; and the South has that whole Alps and Tracht deal going, which is great, but very different. But Western Germany is part of the Western European swim of things--and as you point out, has been since Roman times. I've loved this series, Rachel. Made me determined to see more of one of my favourite countries in the word.

Makes me sad that the road trip series is over, but equally curious what the next episode is going to be. This has been the best journey, so beautifully put so far. I can't help but notice the tremendous effort put to pack so much of information in so less time in such a humorous way.

Starting watching this as I was planning a trip to Germany. Since then, I’ve been to Germany and now back home to the US, and I’m still watching. Makes me want to go back 🇩🇪 🇺🇸

I am completely fascinated about the way you speak German as well as American English almost accent free. The videos are packed with information, presented in a professional and pleasant manner. I am very impressed. Thanks for your excellent work.

"Prost", Rachel and thank you and your team for this heart-warming (and sympathetic) journey through the South-West of Germany.

Großes Kompliment für die ganze Reihe! Ihr habt die Länder echt toll dargestellt! :) Es ist schön, wenn das einheitliche Bild von Deutschland nach außen hin aufgebrochen wird. Allein über die Eigenheiten in unserer Esskultur und über Dialekte kann man sich tagelang unterhalten. 😄

Was für eine tolle Serie, da muss Wer-Weiss-Denn-Sowas sogar warten. 👏👏👏👏

I lived and worked in the Palatinate for half a year, I was so warmly received, like never again anywhere! Okay they thought I was Swiss (i come from the south of Baden Bodensee), but I did not care. I come back every year and love it there!🍷

Greetings from beautiful Rheinland-Pfalz! 🙂 Not only wine, but picturesque villages and landscapes made for hiking.

Hello Rachel from Canada, we love watching your series on DW. The 4 part travel was excellent. Having lived in the Netherlands, close to Aachen, we hope you might do a future video on that region.

Great clip! Such a pity that Westphalia was not depicted at all - It is so cosy and beautiful! I suppose for someone living in Cologne Westphalia is worlds apart.

That much information about the West in not even 13 minutes - unbelievable. What a great job. Viele Grüße an Rachel; ich bin auch ein Kölscher Immi.👋

Rachel, thank you once again und Frohe Weinachten from Leipzig. I was down the Mosel Valley this golden October for a wine tasting Weekend. - wonderful, particularly the Eiswein.

Sadly, not much was shown from the Westphalian part of NRW. Münsterland, Sauer- & Siegerland and my home region Eastern Westphalia (not to forget mentioning Lippe) also have interesting spots to visit :)

Two months on, and nothing new from Rachel Stewart. Her sense of humor, thoughtful comments on Germany and its quirky culture, and her positive attitude to life as an expat is what keeps me watching DW!

I think this series was wonderful! I learned so much. Your editing and the way you included comments from various residents was top notch! Well done! Can't wait to go to Germany and for your next video!

Eifel, Niederrhein, Westerwald... So many beautiful reagions missing 😞

Excellent series MORE!!!!

Great series! Thanks!

Rachel is the best!

Really nice series.

Entertaining and informative as ever, the concept of the series has been very clever.

A great conclusion to a great series. Thanks to Rachel and her team!

Great series, really enjoyed all these videos!

I think I'm sad the road trip is over and wish for even more of Meet the Germans from Rachel. Thanks so much for the lovely interesting lively work of yours.

Great series, super interesting. Could’ve watched loads more. Keep it up! ☺️

I liked your road-trip format very much.

This was a delightful little series! :D Thank you for all these very intimate and informative glances into our home and culture!

Excellent all episodes! You did good!

Fantastic series, really enjoyed all four episodes and agree with other comments, would love to see more!

Great series! Love it 🥰

loooved the roadtrip! more travel videos to cities/places/regions please!!!

Great series 👏👏👏

Beautiful series, thank you Rachel. And I'm always happy to have Trier, my crush from student days, covered anywhere.

Very sad the serie is ending! Really great serie! Should be even longer!

Superb episode. Great to see Trier again and learn a little more about Saarland as well as the Roman name of Köln. Have visited Trier, Köln, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Frankfurt am Main. Great to be reminded of those experiences. Have also visited Cochem on the Moselle. Keep them coming. Love Rachel’s presentation style and sense of fun. 😀👍

What a series this was! I enjoyed and looked forward to each and every episode, especially this one about the western states. I am somewhat sad that one of my favourite cities, Aachen, didnt get featured in this series, but I loved it nonetheless! Well done!

Thanks for another great Meet the Germans video Rachel and DW. It was fascinating to see all the different parts of Germany, Merry Christmas and Happy 2023.

Danke für's Video! ^^

Just want to say, I absolutely love this series. Even being German, I keep learning things. And I got a lot of expat colleagues, wanting to find out more about their new home. This is the go to resource I keep recommending. Public broadcast, job awesomely done. ☺️👍

Loved the whole series of videos. So interesting, informing, varied, funny and well done. Absolutely loved visiting parts of the two Rheinlands this year, my first time in Europe, as I attended a conference in Bonn and then had 3 days to travel, I did 4 World Heritage Sites (could have done more, but would have not enjoyed so much immersing in the places and details), extremely enjoyed Cologne and went south to Bingen and Bacharach, allowing me to fulfill a dream of doing at least one day of the Middle-Upper Rhine Valley hiking route. Plus, I loved the food, the beer, the people, and brought home wonderful wine from Oberwesel. Will definitely get back as soon as possible.

ive heard many rumors about cologne's festive personality, but the people truly seemed so happy and friendly. would love to visit and to see Bonn. im glad that your team survived the infamous Frankfurt ;) as always, great video! thank you all for your creativity and hard work)))

Oh Rachel we really really miss you!!!!!!

I loved these series!😍 please do a video about German's border relationship with Luxembourg ❤

Very nicely made, love it here from the US

I enjoyed driving from the airport in Frankfurt to Heilbronn on the country roads and seeing all the beautiful fields with grapes, corn, or other crops!

We did a hiking trip on Rheinsteig trail along Rhein valley in Rhineland-Pfalz. It was a beautiful experience, even though we only did 1/3 of the 320 km trail. For those who love hiking, I cannot recommend it enough. The scenery, the quaint little towns, history,…

Another thing I love about the Saarland apart from the vines and French baguette specialty is the hillside scenery that shapens the city like a bowl with the city at the centre and the edges as the hills

Brilliant series. Got me wanting to watch more

Thank you for this series. Gave me a great idea of what I'll find on my travels through Germany.

Thank you Rachel and DW, it was a wonderful tour!! =D

Came late to this series - but that's great, three more to look forward to. Marvellous show! Well done, very entertaining😊

Brilliant, soul love to see more, surely Germany is large enough to do another series 👍👍👍

What a fantastic view of the Wineyards . In all the Video is very informative and can keep people interested in knowing more about the region. Thanks

Was für eine tolle Serie … Well done. Greeting from the Sauerland area. Called also Land of 1000🏔️and Home of 🎄

I'm already excited for the next series! What could that one be, I wonder?

Bit disappointed you missed out "my" Aachen, but apart from that, your video was, as ever, fantastic. You always manage to bring out the "essence" of every topic on our adopted country 😊

Greatly appreciated this series. But as a born and raised "Rhoihesse", now living on the borders of Taunus and Westerwald, in the beautiful Lahntal, I strongly believe that Lahntal and Mittelrheintal are each worth their own episode. And I'm sure that there are a lot more areas all over the country that are worth their own episode, showing their beauty to the whole world. Keep up the great work 👍

Enjoyed this video very much! That's "my" part of Germany! Born near Mainz, emigrated to Canada when I was tiny, but lived several years in Germany in the 60s and 70s. Haven't been back since '75. This vid almost makes me homesick. Gotta put the old "Heimat" on my bucket list. Now I wanna see the other three vids in the series. If they're anything like this one they'll be interesting and well made. And it's very interesting to see how the German language has changed in the last half-century!

Still love her well researched and presented Videos.

danke, Rachel und MTG Team!! :) i use all your videos in my high school german classes in the us....keep them coming!!!!!! :)

Sagenhaft fabulous video! Right to the point!

Wonderful finale! Thank you! May I add that things can "rise to a climax"--but they cannot "rise to a crescendo." A crescendo is a gradual, ongoing increase; it *is* the rising. Don't feel too bad; each journalist must add this to their portfolio of practice. I also love the "W" suddenly appearing int points of the compass at the beginning! Touches like that--so good!

I loved this series, and yes Frankfurt is my favorite German city. Coincidentally, Alsace is my favorite part of France. The region around the Rhine is wonderful.

I love dw's video to improve my English ❤ and also learn sth regarding germoney 🇩🇪 Keep going

Thanks for finally showing the region i was born. I liked the series and awaited the west part of it.

The spectator next to the player and the cup at 8:57 is my late father, who also managed to storm the field when the final whistle came...

I expected it but I was still a little sad that you did not mention Münsterland which is north of Ruhrgebiet. Münster ist the German capital of bikes, has 60.000 students and is also the city of peace because in the 17th century they signed the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' war there. We also have the lowest election results for the far right party in Germany and with Prinzipalmarkt a very nice rebuild city centre. The G7 foreign minister conference was held here recently. Still, I enjoyed the episode but it is always a little annoying when people mention Ruhrgebiet and Rheinland, but then forget the third part of NRW.

Don't forget the Weinstrasse in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Nice! Though I am wondering why you didn't mention Düsseldorf...I was kind of expecting their rivality with Cologne being a topic, as well as their "longest counter of the world". Happy that the Ruhrgebiet at least gotten skipped over for once... The Rhine also deserved a little bit more attention, especially the Lorelei...

I'm in love with your english expression and language. And das "i-Tüpfelchen" ist deine perfekte deutsche Aussprache der Bundesländer. Wow :)

Thanks for taking us through many parts of Germany. I like how you presented the differences between various areas in Germany and your personal comments on them make the videos even more enjoyable. It's been interesting to see which places you chose when you got to different areas. I may be mistaken but it seemed to me that you preferred the bigger cities, so I would suggest to do a similar tour again but this time to focus on smaller towns or even villages that may also have interesting things to show. Often, the best gems are hidden outside of the major tourist attractions. Regarding the Saarland, there is not just Saarbrücken, actually Saarlouis is called "die heimliche Hauptstadt", "the secret capital" since it is much more picturesque and cozy than Saarbrücken. There are also many other interesting places to see like the Schlossberghöhlen in Homburg, the museum "Schwarzenacker" close to them where a Roman village was rebuilt or the Villa Nennig which is a reconstructed Roman villa close to the Saarschleife, another tourist attraction. Another place worth mentioning is the world heritage site Völklinger Hütte where you can visit a pretty unique setting of blast furnaces together with the bulidings needed to keep them running including the wind hall where turbines the size of locomotives gathered enough air to blow it into the blast furnaces to keep the fires burning. There are also varying exhibitions in that hall as well as a biannual graffiti show called "Urban Art". Maybe you could announce when you plan to do another tour of Germany and ask viewers for ideas on what to see in their region before you go on tour again since local guides can often show you things off the beaten track that you would otherwise never find but that are definitely worth looking at.

12:41 I love this little Karl-Marx stoplight in Trier. I used to cross there almost daily to get to my bus from work to my apartment.

I'd love to see one done on Wuppertal.

Nicely done, greets from DownUnder 🇦🇺

Pls, one for each Bundesland and check out local foods a bit more... Id love to see you dive in to Handkäs mit Musik ^^

very good video, as always. the guy saying that its "green now" in western Germany clearly hasnt visited the south :D I really liked cologne, Düsseldorf and the west in general when I was there. I cant imagine living there though, I'd miss the scenery of the south too much.

You make me feel good about my country, Rachel, which I can't say happens too often lately. In a world as crumbling as it is (or at least seems to be) your positive attitude and humour is most refreshing and encouraging!

thank you Ms Stewart (oh alright and DW too), for this highly enjoyable reise durch Deutschland. (if that is wrong, blame googletranslate) please ma'am, may we have some more?

Northrhine - Westfaia / Westfalia is special too...

you guys should cover more and more regions, all over Germany, and maybe even include neighbouring parts of Germany and how they are connected, like Bavaria and Austria, or Baden-Württemberg and France, or Brandenburg and Poland.

Translating into American units, 1 Saarland equals about 8/10ths of a Rhode Island.

I loved this series also, and I love the Mosel region especially because my daughter and her Hessian husband got married there! ❤

It seems to me that Westphalia and its rather lively culture suits Rachel really well!

I have an exchange to cologne next august and I’m looking forward to it.

Very nicely gallivanted indeed ! Albeit making Kassel a place in Western Germany appears somewhat, shall I say, unusual.

No mention of blue nun? Best German wine :)

I missed a section of Ruhr-area music!

the descriptions are all very nice and fitting. but one aspect was missing: the language. the local dialects of these regions are all very different (from each other and from high german), the interviews in this feature were particularly high german. in the countryside this will be different ...

mit Wein im Glas sage ich eher "zum Wohl" als Prost... nur so.. aber Westen ist Heimat. Bonn. Alle Regionen in Deutschland habe ich Vorzüge, das ist ja die Stärke des Landes, dass wir nicht so zentralistisch ausgerichtet sind... Im Rheinland ist es einfach schön, in nur einer Stunde mal nach Holland oder Belgien fahren zu können. Oder die Nähe zu Luxemburg und Frankreich. Herrlich... man ist kulturell definitiv offener als in manch anderen Regionen. Man ist eher polyglott... das merke ich in Berlin lebend, dass dort im Schnitt weniger Fremdsprachen erlernt wurden, zumindest in meiner Generation. Und wie man auch an meinem Kommentar gleich sieht... die Rheinländer sind eher Schwaartlappen und reden und monologisieren gerne.... ein Kläfchen immer gerne.. Konrad Beikircher als Immi aus Südtirol hat jahrzehntelang die Eigenheiten des Rheinländers liebevoll auf's Korn genommen. Alaaf... PS. das einzige, was in dem Beitrag gefehlt hat, war ein Schwenk und Satz zum Mittelrheintal... Lorelei und so. Einer der großen Anziehungspunkte im Westen..

Berlin has the reputation of being the EDM party city, so i was surprised to find out techno music originated in Frankfurt

Ganz interessant und unterhaltsam wie immer. Ich war in Dortmund, Düsseldorf und Köln und dieses Gebiet hat mir ganz gut gefallen. Wenn du ein Fussball oder Bier Fan bist dann ist es sicher ein güte Reiseort aber kann irgendjemand mir erklären warum Techno so beliebt in Deutschland ist, ich finde es total schrecklich!! 🤔😂

Last one with Rachel. Just found out there is a new presenter. Not sure how I should feel.

"5th season" - everyone in Northern Germany knows that the 5th season is "Grünkohlzeit" (= kale season) ;)

Haven’t seen Rachel on DW in a while, does anyone know where she went?

Another great episode, but you know the best Riesling comes from the Rheingau (in Hessen), not the Mosel... plus the Rheingau has great Spaetburgunder (pinot noir) which the Mosel can only dream of.

I love white german wine here in Mexico is quite affordable and super delicious!