The idea that sparkling water tastes like beer is probably caused by american beer tasting like water.

@materiaparticulata

3 ай бұрын

😂😂❤❤❤🎉🎉 Just incredibly true 😂😂

@DaGuys470

3 ай бұрын

Why is this so accurate lol?

@jenniferharrison8915

3 ай бұрын

Hilarious and true! 😁

@hitshook

3 ай бұрын

Thats the comment I was looking for😂👍

@Ace-Of-Spades---

3 ай бұрын

😁👍

"Sparkling water tastes like beer" - Can someone please send this poor man some real beer :D

@beldin2987

3 ай бұрын

😅🤣😂

@blatterrascheln2267

3 ай бұрын

If he has a post box we could try 😬🤭

@user-yw1nm7mv9m

3 ай бұрын

Germanbeer😊

ebay kleinanzeigen is nothing like actual ebay. It's basically german craigslist. Kleinanzeigen (= classified ads) was owned by ebay for a long time but iirc they sold it to someone else a few years ago and the new owners still had the rights to keep ebay in the name. It's been renamed to just "Kleinanzeigen" now anyways.

@avr7120

3 ай бұрын

i heard facebook marketplace is comparable but idk, we only ever use ebay kleinanzeigen in my household

@ojas.m

3 ай бұрын

It’s owned by Marktplaats, the Dutch company. It also looks extremely similar

@zottelhuehs6375

3 ай бұрын

to my knowledge they changed their name because they lost their rights to the ebay name

@LythaWausW

3 ай бұрын

I think Canadians use kijiji too.

@flitsertheo

3 ай бұрын

@@avr7120 Kleinanzeigen is more structured and supervised while the Facebook Marketplace is more "anything goes"

Oh she got paid, but at the end of the month and not weekly, which is very common in germany.

I'm German. I've never heard of anyone getting a fine for making noise on a sunday.

@gameboy-nq7je

3 ай бұрын

Oh I know people who have gotten some fines, but they repeatedly blasted really loud music that could be heard through the entire village (they lived like 200-300m away and even with my window and the blinds closed I would wake up from it) and were throwing parties and screaming around basically the entire weekend until late at night and sometimes also during the week. All attempts to deal with it peacefully by multiple residents knocking on their door, or writing them letters the Ordnungsamt was called, they were fined, they didn't stop, so it was repeated until the police showed up instead of the Ordnungsamt. IDK what they did differently but I was able to sleep again. Little me was happy about it

@eucitizen78

3 ай бұрын

Ja , weil du nicht in meinem Haus wohnst 😉

@jenniferharrison8915

3 ай бұрын

In Australia it's a $750 min fine for disturbing your neighbours between midnight Saturday and 9am Sunday, and no power tools or building noise is acceptable at all on a Sunday! 😠

@JohnDoe-xz1mw

3 ай бұрын

well given that youa re german you probably never TRIED to make alot of noise on sunday :P

@metazock

3 ай бұрын

Normal housework is generally ok. I avoid vacuuming on sundays just to not annoy anyone but I would be allowed to legally. Drilling etc would be not allowed.

it's rare that people take their toilet seat with them, i worked for a moving company for a long time and never saw a toilet without a seat in it i've never had a problem vacuuming on sunday either, either the lady has fussy neighbors or a vacuum cleaner from the post-war period mini jobs are mostly taken by students, older people or as a second job, all these people already have health insurance, which means they don't have to be insured. the attitude towards cashless payment has changed a lot since corona, but many people don't know this in most shops. shops you can still pay with the deutsche mark, the currency before the euro at the end with the ambulance was because of the covid vaccination to get more people to get vaccinated

@reinhard8053

3 ай бұрын

There was always a toilet seat when I moved in. But I had to change some of them because they were old or damaged. And some people wouldn't use the "old" toilet seat at all. There are also special motive toilet seats which might be a reason to take them.

what I really dont like: in every single argument she makes, theres something incorrect, missing out or a personal opinion is brought up, that has nothing to do with how germans work... and she states it like these are facts

@bertibrause1669

2 ай бұрын

Very important comment, the video feels like from 4 years ago and just many false stuff in it. Seltsame Sachen erzählt die Gute da.

Deposit is 0,08 € for small glas bottles like beer, 0,15€ for bigger glas and hard plastic bottles (more than 0,7 L) like water, coke etc and 0,25€ for all other single-use plastic bottles. The idea is to make the least environmentally friendly bottles the most expensive.

You can vacuum or do laundry on Sundays, but in the film this is portrayed a little too restrictively. Many people move on weekends, which can be noisy, but you let the neighbors know and then that's okay. And bakeries/pastry shops are often open on Sunday mornings. - Many ice cream parlors, restaurants and museums, gas stations and grocery stores in major train stations and airports are also open. (In Bavaria the opening times are a bit more restrictive than in real Germany ;-)

@filipegrieb-dunlap5625

3 ай бұрын

I'd like to know why people who live in states that depend on the Länderfinanzausgleich to meet their obligations to put orhers down. Furthermore, maybe Cologne shouks control their crime bwfore they put other gituesvor states down. Do I need to remind you of the mass rapes on New Year's Eve. And lastly, have you ever lived in Bavaria since you pretend to know so much and seem ti feel wntitled to make racist at worst but defniy derogarmtary statments about others.

@klamin_original

3 ай бұрын

I like the way you’re talking about paradise Germany aka Bavaria at the end ;)

@poldinho93

3 ай бұрын

​@@klamin_originalit's so obvious Bavaria is the only Bundesland where Markus Söder is the perfect fit as Ministerpräsident 😄

@FrogeniusW.G.

3 ай бұрын

Laundry yes, vacuuming not really..

Apartments don't always come without a fitted kitchen. I rented an apartment that had a kitchen installed, but the kitchen was old and I didn't like it. After consulting with the landlord, I sold the pre-installed kitchen (ebay) and used the money (plus a little money from my wallet) to buy a brand new modern kitchen that I liked.

@realglutenfree

3 ай бұрын

Yes, also most university towns have lots of students apartments that are completely furnished

Im sure your sparkling water doesnt taste like beer, its more likely your beer just tastes like water.

@Hey.Joe.

3 ай бұрын

😅 By the way, how can natural water just with Co2 tastes bitter or did he accidently got "Tonic Water"? Maybe something was wrong with that water?

In Germany, you can get very nice used kitchens for free! People give them away all the time, because their moving or buying a new kitchen. Kitchens cabinets can be arranged in multiple different ways, like Lego, to fit into a different room. Often, you will only need to buy a new countertop,

@kpanic23

3 ай бұрын

When I moved into my apartment, the previous tenant asked me if I would like to keep his kitchen for free, so he doesn't have to get rid of it. He moved in together with his girlfriend, she already had a nice kitchen and needless to say, they didn't need two. So it was a nice win-win situation.

@pippen1001

3 ай бұрын

@@kpanic23 this is so carazy as a swede, i´ve never heard of anything like taking their kitchen , most apartment s you rent here in sweden is unfurnished but that does mean you get wardrobes in the hallway and in the bedroom and in the kitchen and a stove fridge and freezer thats just not an apartment without them

She named the job section "employment" so she only talks about being employed as opposed to work as a freelancer and being self-employed. You can work as much as you want on one day as long as you are your own boss and nobody has power over you. But there is the legal limit of 10h for employees because employees often can't decide their work hours. Someone else makes them work. So this is a labor right thing. It is supposed to protect employees from exploitative employers and give employees more leverage in negotiating work hours. Nobody can make you work more than 10h. Even if the employee wants to work more, they can't. But as a freelancer, you can.

@Rogue-Thoja

3 ай бұрын

Although there are of course always various exceptions. For example in agriculture at harvest time

@heikosale1027

3 ай бұрын

@Thoja In some jobs, you just sometimes need to work more than ten hours, not everybody works a 9-5 job at the office. It's not illegal as long as it's not on a regular basis. Also when the employees and the employer are on good terms and both know the deal, the state doesn't have to know everything. I mean if somebody is an event technician in a small company and they want to be the asshole who goes home after exactly 10 hours while their boss and his wife keep working, they should have chosen another career in another field.

She forgot to say, that there are also bins for used clothes and shoes.....

Whoever sells batteries also takes them back.

1:54 When I moved into my first apartment (completely empty) I bought everything from IKEA and it was roughly 2800€. Bed, wardrobe, 2 dressers, couch, coffee table, kitchen and TV cabinet. That was enough for a start. I saved a little more money and bought a dining table with 4 chairs, a height-adjustable desk and much more decorational stuff later. IKEA has amazing quality now and isn't as flimsy as it used to be. I only had to replace the coffee table because the top looked terrible but that's on me due to crafting with glue and not protecting the table. You pay more in rent if an apartment comes furnished and you really have to take care of it because it's not your stuff. And what if you don't like the design of the furniture? Most furnished apartments look very generic.

I feel so german for actually loving all those different bins, including bottle deposit. It is so much fun to put in the bottles and get money for it. Makes it fun to pick up bottles at the streets and earn money from that. 😊

@avr7120

3 ай бұрын

yes and the glass containers! sorting by colour, throwing them in and hearing them shatter feels so satisfying

@realglutenfree

3 ай бұрын

Yes, when I was a poor student, I would go to the college library and collect bottles that all the richer students just left on their tables or trash bins. Made some nice money off that

@LythaWausW

3 ай бұрын

I was at the glass recycling containers last week and someone had left a pfand bottle there. I looked around and then took it, "Thank you Universe!" I live way out in the sticks and this has never happened before.

@thalon3707

3 ай бұрын

​@avr7120 I've always been loving the sound of the shattering glass. Such a satisfaction!

Hey Ryan! I'm gonna explain this video to you. :) 1st: In many cities the apartements come with a kitchen nowerdays. 2nd: I have never been fined for vacuuming. I only got like 1 complaint in 22 years of living in an own flat when I put together a heavy desk at 11pm... 3rd: A quiet hour in most of germany is the same as any other hour. just without vacuum and lawning. Which...is not an everyday thing... 4th: sparkling water is like sparkling soda. I mean...why not water with bubbles? 5th: batteries and stuff like that: bring it to the recycling depot - you should find a video about that and watch that! 6th: Again: If you're paying 1 EUR for the toilet, you get a voucher valued at 70 Cents. You can then go to a store nearby and buy food for that. 7th: Trains are delayed - but that mostly counts for Deutsche Bahn (DB) not for the underground and S-Bahn. 8th: The "cargo" on the bike is needed, because that are students and they have bags or rucksacks. :) Also mothers have a baby-child seat on the back... :)

@lepep5365

3 ай бұрын

Fathers too, in my world..

Regarding the ambulance in the market place. Yes, that was a "Mobiles Impfteam" which translates to "Mobile vaccination team". Some cities had those where they stopped on different spots in the city on different days and you could just queue up and get your shot.

You normally take your kitchen with you, when you move to a new home For example, my parents bought a kitchen when they married 1979 and moved in their first appartment. A few years and 2 children later, they build a house and planned the kitchen area to fit the kitchen they allready had. This was in 1989 and we have still the kitchen, that was in the first appartment. So you buy a kitchen and use it as long as possible…

@trainerfrank9786

3 ай бұрын

I am 51 years old and I never took a kitchen with me when I moved. It is also very common to pay the previous owner a fee to keep his/her kitchen.

@dnocturn84

3 ай бұрын

@@trainerfrank9786 This is more a thing in larger cities or popular living quarters, where your old appartment will get a new resident immediately (or almost immediately) after you left. But yes, of course, it does exist. It's not uncommon, that your old kitchen won't fit in your new appartment, so it's a good idea to try to do it like this.

@piiinkDeluxe

3 ай бұрын

Almost exactly the same for my parents 😊

@flitsertheo

3 ай бұрын

It not common practice to take the fitted part of the kitchen with you here. As it is more considered as "part of the house" as "part of the furniture". Same reason why you don't take your bath tub with you.

@maximilianreichelt9717

3 ай бұрын

@@flitsertheo Why don't you take your bath tub with you?

Cash is king do we say in Germany but a little different: "Nur Bares ist wahres" wich means "only cash is real"

Some sparkling water can taste very bitter, but then so will the non-sparkling version of it. The reason for that isn't the CO2, but the mineral content. Varying calcium, magnesium and especially sulfate will greatly influence bitterness, and they vary wildly with different brands/sources. That's also why it's completely legit to have your own preference when it comes to water.

@LythaWausW

3 ай бұрын

Natriumarm drinker here, thanks for clarifying. In America I've given up on sparkling water because there is no low sodium that I know of (Gerolsteiner, ew!) So I just drink diet root beer the entire time.

@thalon3707

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was wondering why he felt that way. I don't like beer or bitter and still like my sparkling water occasionally

Kitchens come in many shapes and prices. My first kitchen costed me about 1700 Euros. Sometimes, you find complete kitchensets for 999,-. They are the cheapest of the cheapest, but they work.

We separate glass by color because it is almost impossible to separate it cost efficiently afterwards. And getting rid of the color during smelting is not possible either. If you e.g. want to smelt clear glass and you have some brown glass in there by accident, the whole batch is ruined. In general, throwing different materials into the same bin is never a good idea. Separating them afterwards is extremely difficult. If paper for example comes in contact with food it is completely lost for recycling. Thats why having multiple recycling bins is a good idea.

My kitchen cost me 160€ altogether (including oven/stove, though I had to buy the fridge extra)

@CJO-no1

3 ай бұрын

Yeah kitchens aren't super expensive.

@Lancor84

3 ай бұрын

yeah you can often even have kitchens for free, if you haul them out of the old place yourself.

Three years ago we bought a twenty year old Mercedes for 3000 Euros (!!!!) and what can I say: it is a Mercedes and it works and works and works and never troubled us so far.

@W4nn3

3 ай бұрын

And it's probably worth € 6000 by now 😅

@piiinkDeluxe

3 ай бұрын

Läuft und läuft und läuft ist aber der VW Käfer. 😉

@FrogeniusW.G.

3 ай бұрын

@@piiinkDeluxe Hat ja auch "works and works and works" gesagt!! 😄

@Nordlicht05

3 ай бұрын

​​@@W4nn3at least our small Renault Clio had no value lost from 2018 to 2022. My Subaru had at some point when it was 15 years old over 50% worth of wich I originally paid.

@flitsertheo

3 ай бұрын

Probably a 20 year old Mercedes will last longer than a Mercedes you buy today.

There are furnished apartments in Germany as well, usually they are a bit more costly than the empty ones, but they would probably be a good option for someone moving from overseas and you can always look for sth else when you're here. I think why most apartments are unfurnished is because it would be more effort and costs for the landlord to have to replace e.g. a couch or fridge in case it breaks. And as a renter you probably You would have no say what quality or style it will be. I actually like that apartments come empty so that I can furnish it in my own style. A kitchen is always a plus, however, because like you said, they can be expensive (depending on what wuality you want). 😊

ebay Kleinanzeigen is a classified ads version of ebay. Without auction sale. But we also have the normal ebay auctions.

@lilg2300

3 ай бұрын

it's now called kleinanzeigen, not ebay-kleinanzeigen anymore.

@dasloddl

3 ай бұрын

it's similar to facebook marketplace

@d3nso_

3 ай бұрын

it's basicialy craigslist

I have bought more than 10 kitchens from kleinanzeigen, the last one was for around 250€ including the oven, dishwasher, microwave and fridge

@piiinkDeluxe

3 ай бұрын

That's a steal 😂

You have to seperate glass, otherwise you can't remelt it without sorting.

7:05 In Germany, you get your salary after 4 weeks (1 month) of work. You have to find another solution for the first month of a new job. That IS usual. 😅 I got my first salary 6 weeks after my first day at work. Now, I get money every 4 weeks.

@Forul89

15 күн бұрын

Am 15ten des folgemonats Gehalt zu bekommen gibt es auch 🤷‍♂️

:) Recycling in Germany has a purpose. Because almost everything can find a new purpose and be reused. This reduces overall waste that could harm our environment and poison animals. And we like to maintain our ecosystem for future generations. Besides, most people don't have any money to give away. A bag of returnable bottles can give you 8-10 euros back. Which is usually a help for many at the end of the month.

I pay 500 bucks per month in germany, and i had a kitchen in it, the only thing missing was a fridge so i had to buy one, since my previous appartment even had a complete kitchen with fridge and of course i didn't took that with me. Oh and btw. the "typical" german fridge is just like 80cm x 50cm and costed maybe 450€ at the time i moved in here. Oh, also of course there were always toilet seats and even some curtains but they were very old and brown and i goes most of the people wouldn't even bother to use them at all. I did because i just needed them to darken my room when i sit at the PC and i don't really cared that much how they looked, since its dark most of the time 😄

It's mainly about drilling into stone or concrete, loud partying and using the lawn mower. At least where I live the walls are thick enough that the people in the flats around (and especially below) me don't hear the vaccum cleaner. You can rent apartments via the main tenant. However, those are usually for a short time, usually half a year to two years. Some flats have a kitchen - at least the sink units - no fridge and no cabinet neither table and chairs. Kleinanzeige = smal/classified ad

18:50 this video was recorded during the pandemic. They are offering vaccinations, specifically without an appointment. It was often very difficult to get an appointment or a vaccination, because so many people wanted one, and so many people were also sick, that the regular doctors were at full capacity.

Ryan you missed the point about "not getting paid“…..of course you get paid for the first month, but not until the end of the month. Also it is possible to get furnished apartments here in Germany, however if you plan making it a home, most people like to start from scratch. Thanks for another great video….see you tomorrow.

In the south the kitchen is often not included but in the north of Germany it's standard. I am from the north and was shocked as well when I moved to the south

@friede6256

3 ай бұрын

I second this. I live in Hamburg and here in most of the apartments the kitchen is included (meaning a stove/oven, a sink and maybe some counter space but no fridge or other appliances). And of course there are toilet seats! :D (In the bathroom. Not in the kitchen.)

@Winona493

3 ай бұрын

Hmm, don't know. I lived in Hamburg for many years and I moved a handful of times in this city, but a kitchen never never was included.

@friede6256

3 ай бұрын

@@Winona493 Really never? That's unusual I guess. Was this recently or some time ago? I know there are some apts without a kitchen but in my perception those are very rare. But I might be wrong. ;)

@jgr_lilli_

3 ай бұрын

I disagree! Maybe this is the case in Hamburg which has a very competitive rental market, but certainly not where I grew up. I remember in the 2000s/2010s when my parents tried to find a new flat and we went to a lot of viewings, the kitchens were always empty. However seems that is getting more common to sell your kitchen to the next renter as you move, and reselling has become much more comfortable with things like facebook marketplace or Kleinanzeigen.

@Winona493

3 ай бұрын

@@friede6256 I have to admit that this was some time ago, to be honest more than 20 years, I just forgot how long. 🙈 I always forget how old I am in the meantime.

You don't get the yellow bags in a pharmacy. Instead you get them in a drugstore. Drugstores mostly sell soap, shampoo, toilet paper, garbage bags, etc. drug stores also sell a few soft medicines like vitamins or cold medicine, but for real medical products you have to visit a pharmacy, where sales people have a special education at an university. A bit like doctors they need to have a degree in pharmacy to work in a pharmacy in Germany. If I'm right, the USA is mixing this two types of shops sometimes but in Germany they are different things.

We don't like used toilet seats and we don't like used kitchens. That is pretty much the same for us. In Vienna the toilets where you have to pay cost 50 or 60 cents and you always get a voucher to buy something for ledd money from a nearby store. So if you use the voucher, e.g. for a hamburger at McD, the toilet is for free. And it is clean, I mean really clean! Most of those toilets have automatic flushes so you don't even have to touch triggers, that everybody touches with fingers that were just used to wipe an a*.

You can get new furniture for 2,500€-3,000€. Bed + mattress, kitchen + kitchen table + chairs, sofa, wardrobe, diverse shelfs/cabinets, lamps, misc.. It's really not "that" expensive if you search for good prices. Also you'll own it, and not your landlord. So just take it with you on your next move. Also, if you move out you usually have the option to sell the kitchen to the next renter or your landlord. I've moved several times but never seen anyone taking the toilet seat with them...

Regarding mini jobs: you can only have one. If you work multiple mini jobs, you still gotta pay income tax. The whole system is intended to work best for spouses who don't wanna work THAT much (to still take care of the kids while their partner is the primary breadwinner), (college) students, and the elderly (if they wanna supplement their retirement). EDIT: Also noteworthy is that usually it's the German customs officials ("der Zoll") which performs investigations for unlawful employment, wage theft, and illegal sales practices (such as skipping VAT or selling cigarettes that haven't been declared properly when they were imported)

There are unfurnished apartments you can rent in Germany, and often you can buy the kitchen off the previous owner. You can also set up a budget kitchen for a couple hundred euros, though realistically if you want a nice kitchen it's going to cost a couple thousand, 10k is not completely unreasonable but pretty high TBH.

It is quite common for smaller apartments to be rented out with a kitchen. At least that's my experience of looking for and finding apartments in Stuttgart. And our translation for "Cash is King" is "Bargeld lacht!"

Ok, finally somebody needs to clarify this😅 Public toilets in Germany actually only cost money at train stations and highway rest stops. Everywhere else, e.g. in the pedestrian zone, they are free. Or you can go to a restroom in a restaurant or store. Sometimes, especially at events, the cleaning staff sits with a bowl in front of the toilet and you can leave "voluntary" tip, which is a few cents up to 30-50 cents most times. But that's not always the case. And at gas stations, for example, you put in 1€ when you enter and receive a voucher. If you then buy something at the rest stop and hand in the voucher, you get 50ct discount. So, in conclusion, using the restroom only costs 50 cents ;) However, I'm German and the last time I paid for a toilet was on the way to vacation at a big highway gas station

The price of a kitchen depends a lot. You can get a new kitchen for 2000€ if you transport it yourself, install it yourself and don't adjust it, so it fits perfectly in the room. If you want a kitchen that fits perfectly and need someone to install it for you, then you might need ~10.000€. And if you move into an apartment where someone else lived before and there wasn't renovation inbetween - they might be happy to sell you the old kitchen.

9:02 - help no, that is how the recycling works in her area, it is not nationalised. Many services for the people differ from federal country to federal country, but waste management is even more decentralized it is mamaged on county level (Landkreis), from each county to the other the colour coding of bins differ and the plastic recycling system (gelber Sack) as well, pls if you are new to Germany consult with your municipality (Gemeinde).

Kitchen: Just to be more precise there are (always a few) flats with a kitchen included. The benefit of the freedom to choice is worthy. It simply depends on you what kind of kitchen you want. Oh, and there are often offers to take over the kitchen from the people who rent the flat previously. Toilets: Yes, the toilet lid is up to you. Most people leave it back when they move, knowing it will be used by the workers/painters before the flat will be rented again. Tap Water: Tap Water is one of the most controlled groceries in germany. The Results of Water inspection of your house/street (every 4 weeks) are public viewable. Your taste of bitter sparcling water may be a cause of the sodium content. You can see the amounts on the water certificate on the backside of the bottles. "Trash" in germany is a big business. The People know its 99% not waste, its valuable material.

19:16 no there is not a free health care system in Germany, there are private and public health care systems, those below a certain income cannot choose, they are automatically in the public health care system, but can chose between different health care providers. The costs are halved between employer and insured person. It is less expensive as there is a huge buying power behind, on the other hand not every health service provider offers the same amount services, one needs to look into it.

There are also special Holidays here in Germany called "Quite Holidays" (Stille Feiertage). On these days it is forbidden to have any public sports-event or to dance. On of these "Special Holidays" is the Friday before Eastern.

She said something wrong about health care in Germany. It is not paid through taxes, but through health insurance. If you're an employee, the health insurance is automatically deducted from your paycheck, that is why she might think it's taxes, but if you're student (>25y) or self-employed, you have to pay for health insurance yourself. The public health insurance might be cheap compared to the United States, but I have lived in Japan and Taiwan and compared to these places it's crazy expensive. It's about the same monthly price as a one-room apartment in many (East German) cities. Since I am a student and finance my studies through self-employed work, it's actually a huge burden on me. I have to pay about 40 % of my income for rent (one-room student dorm apartment in Berlin), 30 % for health insurance, and around 10 % for taxes, so I am left with only about 20 % of my income to buy/pay for food, clothes, student fees, books, etc., all of which have an additional sales tax of 7 or 19 %. Well... luckily I'm outside of Germany right now, but I dread the day I have to return, because I don't know how to get by and finish my studies without having to live on the street ^^

@berfin_elli

3 ай бұрын

Its actually 50:50 when you re employed. 50 by the emolpyer and the other half by the employee. In unemployement its covered by the state at least with bürgergeld. But yeah no taxes involved :)

8:19 sparkling water tastes bitter? you may haave a "sour-bitter-confusion", because CO2 in water creates a weak and unstable acid, so bubbly water should taste slightly acidic. If you taste bitter, then you may need to "train" your taste buds i dont know if this helps: but maybe drink some bitter lemon and lemon juice (or any soda thats not sweetened to hell) from time to time, to remind yourself whats bitter vs whats sour

Ebay Kleinanzeigen is worth a whole video, its a history. But in short we also have our Facebook marketplacees

When my family moved to Austria, I was given a bottle of sparkling water. After taking my first sip of that curious bubbly potion, I immediately broke down in tears (I was 5 years old btw) because it tasted revolting to me, and I believed that all water in this country would be like that. Now I love it. It's truly an acquired taste.

Here in Sweden were i live every household has two bins. Every bin is devided in four. Bin nr:1 is carton, plastic, food leftovers and colored glass. Bin nr2 is paper, metal, clear glass , rest waste. Besides batteries and light bulbs. The garbage truck also separate the garbage when it tip the bin. Its superb!

Depends on the Kitchen there’s kitchen for about 600€ - completely new but without utilities. But even with all devices included you would end up waaaaayyyy below 10.000€ but of course you CAN buy Kitchens for 50.000€ but unless you have a Villa it could be difficult to fit it in

@viomouse

3 ай бұрын

We've once bought a kitchen for 500 including fridge, stove and dish washer for a WG.

@JonasReichert1992

3 ай бұрын

@@viomouse Glückwunsch!

@JonasReichert1992

3 ай бұрын

@@viomouse Bekommt man jetzt nicht mal mehr bei IKEA

For the trash a good rule if thumb is: If its something that doesn't go into your normal garbage then stores that sell the product will have to take it back. Like empty oil canisters can be handed in at gas stations, batteries at places that sell batteries, electronics at stores that sell electronics (they even have to pick them up when it comes to large electronics like fridges when you buy a new one)

Just wanted to say that these initial negative moments are inavoidable in such country as Germany. I believe every newcomer could make a tragic video about Germany, like "My first year in Germany and why this country hates me" :)) In reality, you just have to learn a lot of things, a lot of rules and - yep - a lot of laws. It won't always save you from WTF moments but it will help a lot.

We throw the toilet seat away because we assume that everybody wants a new one. Ebay Kleinanzeigen is similar to craigslist. It‘s now sold and not longer owned by ebay and therefore just called „Kleinanzeigen“. A new Kitchen starts at about 1000€, a good one of course is much more expensive. But it‘s also common to have Kitchen build in, it just depends on your land lord. It‘s also common to buy the kitchen from the previous tenant to a fair price.

If a store sells batteries, they have to take them back. Therefore you find such collection stations in many stores. Same with paper, light-bulbs, electronics, etc. That's also the reason the yellow bags are free. The industry has to pay for that, because they cause the trash. On the other side it's also valuable resources. So for recycling paper, you even get money, as the use it as a material to create new paper. Therefore of course it must be clean. Cardboard from the pizza delivery service is greasy and must therefore not be disposed of in the paper waste.

For the 1 month without pay : Some jobs for ex cashier in a grocery store, I was paid every week when I was a student. Where I lived, Quebec, Canada, I know someone it's the first and last week of a month. Where I work, we are paid every 2 weeks (Thursday). And the pay are offbeat of the 2 weeks prior (offbeat not sure for the word for the translation I want /décallé de 2 semaines). So depending where in the pay circle you start, after the first two weeks, you may have nothing for a month or just 1 week paid. It's temporary !! And two months in the year, you will receive 3 pays.

There are different laws in GER Countys about whether there has to be a sink and an oven installed in the kitchen. In my county normally a kitchen is installed when you rent a flat. Fridge, washing mashine and dishwasher are normally owned by those who rent a flat. It´s not unusual to pay little money to the one who is moving out and you can keep his stuff so your flat will be fully equipped.

6:50 A couple of years ago, our son was visiting and did some carpentry work on the terrace on Sunday afternoon ... with a power saw. We were aware of the law, but simply forgot about it ... and some people in the neighborhood were pissed. So they called the police on us. We apologized, and thankfully got away with just a warning.

"More then 10 hours is not legal" nah thats not right. There are exceptions to that like "if you do overtime you should have like one or two days off work as compensation". Else in nursing we would have WAY more problems with missing employees as we already do 😅. About "getting payed at the end of a month" or "at the first day of a month" there are ways to get help for example if you need to change your workplace and you have problems covering the costs till the next payout (wellfaresystem can back you up but you HAVE to pay back afterwards and it can be a hassle not gonna lie). About the "fact" toilettseats are missing: Most landlords will install one when the current renter changes. In my 37 years with a couple of relocations based on where i worked or which girl i met and moved in with i had NEVER rented an apartment withouth one from the start 🤣 "pfand" is not always 25cents for example a bearbottle will be 8 cents. It can differ depending plastic or glas for example. Never heard btw about the line "cash is king" BUT there are smaller shops that cant offer a cardpaymentoption based on the transferfees. They can stack up high for smaller buisnesses. The housescrysis or however its called depends on WHERE you search for an apartment. More down the countryside the prices differ and also the availability. BUT you need a car then or good public transport options. She is right tho for example in hamburg we have massiv problems with students visiting a unversity beeing homeless..... its a god damn shame if you ask me. 19:03 is in fact a vacinationstation but you also find ambulances and so on for blood donation-events and so on. Insurance is a whole different story. You have to have one but the "standart ones" (we call them "gesetzlich versichert" which you could translate to insurence by law) arent that hard to get and the amount you need to pay will be counted down from you monthly paychecks automaticly so its somehow easy enough. For selfemployed its a WHOLE nother story cause they cost immense more money and you have to pay treatments in advance, take the bill to your insucrancecompany and they pay you back and some other regulations which can make it hard in that area of worklife cause you need moneyfunds of your own that you keep in advance so you can pay it in advance (its complicated as FUCK!). But i also have to say that there are institutions which can help as for example artists (by that i mean for example your in the musicbuisness or art and so on) can get (ruffly translated now) into an "artist-insurance-company". There the fees are a little less and so on. "Funfact": paying debts at your inscurecompany can be a hassle if they pile up cause BOY oh boy they will be after you for paying it FAST! Never EVER let that happen! 🤣 Just some thoughts about the facts and they are mostly subjective i will say but never the less i thought to share them.

10:00 In Austria there is a law that every store that sells batteries is obligated to make the opportunity for customers to bring back used batteries for recycling purposes. Reason: fire hazard when throwing batteries in the general trash (general trash is burned/compressed in the recycling process)

I live in the southwest of Germany (Südpfalz). Here, every household has it´s own glass bin. One. There is no need to sort by colour.

The idea with the recycling is that you can bring it back to where you bought it. It uses alrdy available infrastructure and saves costs.

There used to be a lot of those coin-operated toilet doors here in Finland but now it seems that during the past few years, they have all been replaced by a phone number. It is a service number that opens the door, the cost of the phone call is the cost of using the toilet, so that it is in your next phone bill then. 1,25eur the last time I checked. I guess they wanted to increase the price but knew that many people nowadays wouldn't have small change like that with them.

If you use a public bathroom where you have to pay for, you mostly at the Autobahn gas stations and restaurants or at train stations you can redeem the voucher from that at the shop nearby, e.g. Sanifair.

you can buy a new smaller starter kitchen for 800 bucks with electrics inside or a nicer one second hand for 4-600

It's actually not true that you are not provided with health care on a mini job. Mini jobs are intended for students and people in childcare who typically work a few hours a week. If you have a family and one person works full-time or even part-time, the other person on a mini-job can usually be insured under the full- or part-time employed person's health insurance without extra costs. Its a family insurance after all. If one person works, everyone is insured. If you are a student just wanting to work a few hours and earn some extra money, you are most likely eligible for BAföG. This is state financial aid that can help you cover costs like university fees, rent, and health insurance. Health insurance in this case has a fixed, very low price. If you have wealthy parents, you might not receive BAföG. However, they may be able to help you with your health insurance costs. It's actually quite difficult to be without health insurance entirely. There are usually opportunities to obtain it, either through employment, state benefits, or optional private plans. However, you might miss out on these opportunities or choose to reject them for specific reasons. Sorry but most of what that woman says is just wrong. :-( You will never get a fine in your mail by being too loud on a sunday. But maybe her neighbour wront a letter and fooled her because he was annoyed? I dont know but usually your neighbors will just tell you or if its a crazy loud party they will call the "Ordnungsamt" or cops. Also if you have to work for more than 10 hours your employer can be fined with 25000€ per case. So if it happend on 4 days its already up to 100000€. Employers usually don't do that unless they are just criminal assholes. And if you won't get paid or you get paid cash and have no insureance it's a crime called social fraud. Employers have to pay social taxes, if they don't it an actual crime. Quiet times are more like 10pm to 6am. Holy cow that women got a lot of stuff wrong.

In the case of a mini-job, the wage taxes are paid as a flat rate by the employer on their own account. The employee has no pension or health insurance from this activity. Nevertheless, the employer must pay contributions to the health insurance company at its own expense. As a rule, a mini-jobber has health insurance as a student or pensioner. The mini-jobber is usually insured through the spouse's family insurance.

When my husband and I moved in together we bought a used kitchen on ebay Kleinanzeigen for 250€, it had all the cupboards, stove and oven. We used it for 7 years and then gave it away for free since the house we then moved into had a kitchen. Of course the kitchen wasn't in the best shape after 15 years of use but everything still worked fine and a dude moving into his first flat was quite happy about it.

A fitted kitchen with electrical appliances costs between €1,000 and €2,000 at the cheapest furniture market. There are also cheaper kitchens, but these are compact kitchens where work surfaces and an oven are missing.

11:12 The Pfand on beer bottles (both 0.33 L and 0.5 L) with crown caps is 8 cents, beer bottles with a sort of bracket (Bügelflasche), glass bottles with a twisting cap and yogurt glasses are 15 cents, everything out of plastic (up to 3.00 L) and aluminium is 25 cents.

2:00 - It all breaks down to the fact, that we have workers rights and social security over here, so people don't tend to loose their jobs so often, so they don't have to move every other week for another job, they don't loose their homes immediatly, when they get unemployed, so people own their own furniture, they just take with them, IF they move. That's why most flats are unfurnished. But you are right, flats without kitchen are a pain in the butt... 😅 I would still say, that half of them come with a kitchen though. From the eight flats I rented so far six came with a kitchen, one came with a kitchen so messy, that we replaced it and sold the new one to the next renter and one came without any kitchen at all, so I bought one and again, sold it to the next renter, when I moved out.

A few years back I shared an apartment with another guy while I was studying. When I moved out, I sold my kitchen to him for a crate of beer so he doesn't have to get a new one and I don't have to take it with me. A few years later he texted me that he sold it to the new tenants, two students, for the same price :) I would not consider that expensive

Sparkling water doesn't taste like beer. American beer tastes like German sparkling water. Small but important difference... For the apartment without kitchen: Some have a kitchen, buuuut... Most landlords don't want to rent out an apartment with a kitchen, bcs in this case the kitchen would be legally seen as part of the apartment. So if something breaks (and it wasn't your fault), the landlord has to deal with it (repair/new one). And if e.g. an oven has a malfunction and burns down the house, it would be on his ensurance (because it's legally his oven, you're just renting it). About worktime: 10h/day max is right for most cases, but there are some exeptions. You are allowed to work a set amount of days (can't remember how many) with up to 2 overtime hours. And sometimes there are some loopholes "allowing" 14h/day. (Been there, done that) Glass bins: They are seperated by color bcs the bottles (or what's left of them after being smacked into the bins) will be molten back into new bottles/jars. And if you would mix the bins, you would end up with some new but ugly bottles.

11:08 Yes, the bottle deposit for disposable packaging with this symbol is a standard 25ct (0.25€). Returnable deposit bottles have different deposit prices. As these have not been changed historically, the typical deposit value of a 0.33l or 0.5l glass bottle is only 8ct and 15ct for a PET bottle.

In Australia you have to be paid if you work anything over 4 hours, plus any applicable bonuses, percentage of holiday leave and superannuation! Sunday here is "no loud or disturbing noise at all" day! Most shops are open on Sunday's but would close earlier, employees are paid double wages to be there! Supermarkets, have quiet hours for pensioners and the elderly! Recycle here or be found out and fined! Cash means more open negotiations and maybe a discount! I hate self checkouts! I hate "housing crisis", so many properties are empty! I rarely need a car, but used cars are cheap in Australia and so is public transport! Public health, our Medicare, is 2% of a med or higher wage! It's known you must speak German! 👍

I was really annoys with that kitchen thing when I moved into my new apartment a year ago. The people that lived there before me had a kitchen and one of the conditions for us to get the apartment was that we kept their kitchen. The price? 2000€. I’m a college student and that is a huge price. But it’s just simpler that way

Cheap - 800 bucks? As a trainee and later as a student I rented one-room apartments ranging from 160€ to 260€ a month.... Later we had 2.5 rooms for about 400€. 800€ is what we pay now for a house with a small garden for our family of three. (obviously not living in Munich XD)

@Hey.Joe.

3 ай бұрын

That it what I was wondering about, 800 Bucks are just not cheap, if it's for example a small appartment like 1 Room + 1 Kitchen + 1 Bathroom + 1 small cellar storage unit and under 50 square meters and no garage (or 1 parking slot for extra 35 Bucks) That would be very expensive.

@heikosale1027

3 ай бұрын

800€ for a house is really cheap though. You'll be lucky to find a nice two-room apartment in a smaller town for that price nowadays. Not talking about Munich or Stuttgart or any of the other crazy places. Just a nice town.

A few side facts about recycling: For many products whose recycling is expensive, time-consuming and particularly harmful to the environment, you already pay for recycling when you buy them. It is therefore free to dispose of them after purchase. These include, for example - Batteries - Neon tubes - paints - All types of electrical appliances - Sprays and varnishes - Light bulbs / energy saving lamps - etc. However, anyone who sells such products must also offer a collection point for free take-back. So if you can buy paints in a DIY store, there is also a free take-back service there. Of course, you can not only return the paint you bought there, but any colour. So you can buy paint at DIY store A and return it to DIY store B free of charge. In addition, every owner of a residential unit automatically pays for the free collection of household bulky waste (e.g. wardrobes, mattresses, etc.) or large electrical appliances (refrigerator, washing machine, etc.) with their waste fees. I'm not sure whether this varies from region to region, but where I live you can have 3 cubic metres of electrical and bulky waste collected free of extra charge every year. The way it works is that you register the amount of bulky waste with the waste management company (usually online) and then get an appointment for collection. You then just have to put the bulky waste out on the street. However, there are also regional differences in the type of collection and scheduling.

There are also furnitured appartments to rent - but in most cases, the furniture is ugly and not what you would have bought yourself. You must also consider that Germans don't move as often as Americans do. They like to be individualistic and often express themselves through furniture and style. If you move in a new flat or house it is somehow a good reason for "upstyling" your new home. Sell old furniture and buy new ones. Although in the last years I would say that recycling of everything is more and more important and having the newest collection of furniture is sth to avoid and is seen as wasteful. And the toiletseat is also just removed and probably thrown away because you know that nobody wants to sit on a used toiletseat. We dont take our toiletseats with us if we are moving 🙃 The kitchen-thing is different. In rental appatments it is often included or the outmoving person wants to sell it to you. And if it fits perfectly and is not too old, you are happy to have this opportunity. Because delivery and installation of new kitchens can take months until its done.

Self checkout here in Germany is a hoot and a half. Because all the grocery stores carry cigs and booze, and those can only be sold to adults. So if you have anything in your cart you must be adult to buy, the self checkout will let you scan it, then flash a red light or something to get the attention of some attendant that can then come over and verify you are of age. Until they have done it, you will not be able to pay for your stuff. And in some places, you cannot place your stuff back in your bags or the cart until you've payed. So you will be left standing there, waiting for some person to show up and wave a magic card at the reader that allows you to continue doing what you were doing. And the store is left having to employ someone to stand around at the self checkout just in case someone needs help. Still, if they have one attendant for six self-checkouts, the store probably still made out on it.

We use eBay as well but eBay kleinanzeigen is different, I think they are independent from ebay now too

There are furnished apartments but they are clearly the minority. We Germans are obsessed with new furnitures and individuality. Everyone is seeking to furnish their living space with the furniture that suit their own taste and needs. E.g. some people may have lots of books so they need lots of shelves. Then because we don't have walk-in closets we need certain furniture for that. And then we really like to create our own kitchen style. Having said that because of the costs many end up buying at IKEA off the shelf furniture so you well might see the same type of lambs, tables, chairs and what not in different households. Though even IKEA cranked it up on the diversity side of furnitures. Taking the toilet seat I believe is still not the norm..😂

It’s always in live the same - somebody tries to do what’s possible - until they where stopped. Of course some employers try to do illegal stuff - but you as employee can get help immediately with the representives of the workers association called Arbeiterkammer. You have only to go to them and tell them your working conditions and they will step in for you. And most of the time you will get the pay for the not payed hours and the employer will get in big struggle with heavy fines. Love from Austria 🇦🇹

I am from Germany. There are many mistakes in the video: - First, the most important. We don't take our toilet seats with us! I have never heard of that. If the apartment is handed back to the owner after the rent, the toilet seat has to be there. But you can install another one, if you don't like the standard cheap white ones. - There are apartments with furniture for rent. This is common for students and workers. Without furniture the rent is lower. So you can decide, if you need fancy furniture or cheap one is enough. - We don't by a new kitchen, if we are moving. We differentiate between kitchens that are built in the room ("Einbauküche") and kitchens that are standalone. First one is more common in houses and second one more in apartments. Only disconnect water and electric, then the parts from a standalone kitchen can be moved like a table, couch, bed, .... And special for the Americans afraid of 230 V: Most kitchen stoves are 400 V. But it should be done by an electrician. If possible most furniture is build in such a way, that it can be disassembled in smaller parts. Only for such things like kitchen stove, washing machine, fridge and couch a transporter is necessary. - Yellow bin is not plastic. Yellow bin is green point. It has nothing to do with recycling. It is simple who pays for the waste. Waste dispose of yellow bin (green point) is payed by the product. Thats why the yellow bags are for free. Yes it is a complete stupid system and nearly no one gets it. I wish it would be simple plastic. - Quit hour is from 10 pm, not 8 pm. Would be stupid if 8 pm is blockbuster time.

2:12 There are fluffy toilet lids or ones that close slowly that you can simply drop, you don't want to be without them!

GREEN IS FOR PAPER ! It´s a regional thing if they´re blue or green, I even have seen where the black bin was a red one xD

18:18 that “cargo” is pretty often young children .. in often what appears dangerous transportation that also for me from the U.K. is quite shocking. In Berlin where I live there are *no* bicycle laws being “strictly enforced” 😅

I love the self-checkout in Switzerland. Best is Migros supermarket, where you can scan your groceries with your phone, pay as you go and do not bother with self-checkout or cashier.

Okay some things should be sorted out I have lived in some rental apartments and have never seen anyone take their toilet seat :D The amount of Pfand depends on the bottle. Everything thats single use (most plastic bottles, cans etc) is 25ct. Multi use bottles (glass bottles and thicker plastic bottles) are 15ct and beer bottles are usually 8ct. The mini jobs are meant as a job to gain extra money (often for students, pensioners, people with low income etc). That's why its tax free. Not getting paid is extremely rare. If you don't sign a contract I can't help you 😅 In theory "Ruhestörung" (disturbing of the peace) can be fined. But in reality it almost never happens. The worst could that the police is knocking and shutting down your party at 3am. And you can absolutely vacuum or laundry on sundays. Because our houses arend made out of cardboard, usually your neighbor isnt bothered :D

11:05 Whenever you see this logo then it’s 25ct. Actually the Maschine is checking whether the logo is present and that it is printed with some special ink to proof it’s not home-printed.

the salary is usually paid retroactively. so for the month before.

The crazy thing is, we've had different bins for every house in Dortmund for 30 years, and my mother couldn't believe that there are still cities without them.

Cash is king in Germany because our elders were traumatized from hyperinflation in the 1920s, they taught us to always be conservative and distrusting with money. But it changed a lot during covid, because contact-less payment is much more hygenic.

@Otte74

3 ай бұрын

How many elder people do you know, who lived in the 1920s (not as a small child, but as someone who was affected and realised it at their owned money - let's say they were 14 or oder during this hyperinflation-time... At some point it's just by hearsay.

@AtheistDD

3 ай бұрын

​@@Otte74 i think it is more generational Trauma, that our grand- or great-grandparents installed in the Generation. A Trauma, that was renewed in the last years of the GDR when the DDR-Mark lost value rapidly too (not a hyper Inflation that time, but still)

@maireweber

3 ай бұрын

@@Otte74 Of course, but that hearsay trickles down through several generations, just as a general attitude on how to handle money. People were so relieved to have the stable Deutsche Mark and felt more trust and security with something solid in their hands. That's why we were very sceptical and conservative about virtual money compared to other countries.

@julianun7829

3 ай бұрын

During hyperinflation cash was worth nothing. And I never heard of this saying. I only know "cash is laughing". I guess that is what she ment.

@maireweber

3 ай бұрын

Ich meinte "Nur Bares ist Wahres". Cash ist kein Gold, fühlt sich aber für die meisten rein emotional sicherer und fassbarer an als virtuelles Geld.

We had a neighbor write another neighbor a letter using our name. They wanted to complain about the lawn mowing during "quiet hours" (which are no longer a thing, weekdays) but were too cowardly to use their own name. So we got a letter in the mail saying talk to us if you have a problem. We had no idea what was going on so we walked over and clarified that we never sent that letter, someone impersonated us! Sort of like identity theft in America, but rural German style.

In Belgium fitted kitchens are not removed, neither are the toilet seats. Or anything else "bolted to the floor, walls or ceiling" such as central heating and lighting. And it's not unusual to take over some furniture from the previous owner, free or paid for.

She's just completely wrong about our healthcare system. We don't have tax based universal healthcare like in other EU countries. But you are forced to have an insurance that is paid 50% by the employer and 50% by your income. So the system is always insurance based and not tax based. But many hundred thousands germans live like an american without any health insurance after they couldn't afford an expensive private insurance anymore.

@Hey.Joe.

3 ай бұрын

Before someone else missunderstood this. He is not meaning 50% of the salary. For example if the contribution for the health insurance is 14%, than it is 7% for the employer and 7% by your income = 14%. This is, what the 50% are about.