What are the GERMANS Really Like? (According to Germans and Foreigners!)

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• Hi … I really liked this series of “What the __________ are really like”…

  I know it’s easy to request and difficult to make , but personally I feel you should make more of these of as many countries as possible… and this will for sure increase your viewership a lot…. As well as we as the audience will enjoy it a lot so it’s a win win for all… Sincere thanks from me for making this series and I hope you fulfill my request which I have stated above

• Not related to this video, but I wanted to say that the quality of your production has increased significantly over the years. I remember watching one of your vids 7,8 years ago, and I was like "what is this, she is just narrating something in front of camera which is half true", but now(when you have more money probably) you fly out and interview all these random people, drone and street shots, research result discussion etc. Mad props, I hope more and more of your content goes viral.

• It's funny but I'm German-American and always laugh when I hear about German punctuality. Whether's it's for appointments, hanging out with friends or work. I also like things being planned out lol. My family emigrated to the United States during the late 1920's just after the Depression hit. I still have family in France (we are part French as well) and Germany today and will always be proud of my heritage. In the State of Pennsylvania where I live there are many MANY families with German background mostly what is called "Pennsylvania Dutch".

• Germans are colder than us utalians but it's normal considering their climate. I was in Germany 2 months ago and everyone was kind to me and helped me in an extremely detailed way (even checking the bus timetables themselves on the internet) or they offered to help me get my luggage and take photos without me asking. If you are polite and don't claim everything you will hardly have any problems (obviously there are exceptions)

  • ​@@Anglo-Saxon_2001 yes,but it depends on the city/region because I heard different experiences.I was in rural South Germany,I don't know about the rest.

  • @@Anglo-Saxon_2001 Stereotypes do not emerge out of thin air. Most of the stereotypes are true.

  • This is why it's best to travel not rely on Internet/stereotypes

  • Germans are cold, humourless, and boring. And I am just being direct, which Germans claim to like.

• A lot of people come here for work and aren't young anymore, when you're working, you don't have much time and you have to plan. It's everywhere. Germans can still be spontaneous. But it's just adulting. When I go to my home country, I also can't meet everyone I know because people now have more responsibilities and if I want to meet, they need to know in advance

• I think one can say that the culture from Scandinavia all the way down to Switzerland is quite similar.
  A lot of comments in the videos about Sweden and Germany also applie to Switzerland.

  • Teutonic peoples.

  • Absolutely correct.

• They have so nice weather in January in Munich.

• I think it's better if some where in the video maybe in one of the corners you label where you interviewed these people, because culture between cities can surely differentiate and is probably important to know.

  • I do this in previous videos as this is the last of the segment. These are filmed in Munich and Cologne

  • Very important point!

• I believe that Germans are fun and have a sense of humor, the “problem” according to my theory about that stereotype is that humor is lost in translation, in addition to the fact that in general the gap of measuring what is normal and not normal is perspective of the USA, I have lived in Texas as a foreigner and now in Germany and I can say that they are very friendly in a different way than the American one and in my opinion, among countries like Holland, Sweden and Austria (what I know) without the most open

• Buon Giovedi signorina Marina! This was great to watch and you did great a job with the interviews. Sending my love ❤ from Miami, Florida, USA